HCA 450 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
TEST.
A physician is expected to __________.
A. respect the rights of the community colleagues and most health professionals
B. respect the rights of patients, colleagues, and other health professionals, and shall openly discuss his
patient's medical condition in the general community
C. shall, in most instances, protect the confidences and privacy within the constraints of the law
D. respect the rights of patients, colleagues, and other health professionals, and shall safeguard patient
confidences and privacy within the constraints of the law - CORRECT ANSWER D. respect the rights of
patients, colleagues, and other health professionals, and shall safeguard patient confidences and privacy
within the constraints of the law
The ___________of clinical privileges should be discipline-specific and based on appropriate
predetermined criteria that adhere to national standards.
A. presentation
B. delineation
C. mastery
D. reconciliation - CORRECT ANSWER B. delineation
The surgeon in a Louisiana case failed to read nursing notes in a patient's record. Consequently,
__________.
A. the surgeon breached his duty of care owed to the patient by failing to read nursing notes
B. testimony convinced a Louisiana Court of Appeal that the surgeon chose not to take advantage of
nurses' observations
C. the surgeon's failure to read the nursing notes deprived the patient's chance of survival
D. all of these answers are correct - CORRECT ANSWER D. all of these answers are correct
The Hippocratic Oath provides that a physician __________.
A. will abstain from seduction of females or males
, B. provide the necessary diagnostic tests required including a CT scan
C. refuse a patient care if he or she is unable to pay
D. none of these answers are correct - CORRECT ANSWER A. will abstain from seduction of females or
males
The American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs mandates that, once having
undertaken care of a patient, the __________.
A. patient's treatment will be discontinued without notifying the patient
B. physician should not neglect the patient
C. relationship between a physician and a patient, once established, continues until it is ended at the
sole discretion of the physician
D. none of these answers are correct - CORRECT ANSWER physician should not neglect the patient
Failure to obtain a family history and perform an adequate physical examination _____.
A. violates the standard of care owed to the patient
B. demonstrates quality patient care
C. violates the needs of the family
D. violates state insurance rules - CORRECT ANSWER A. violates the standard of care owed to the patient
When a physician determines or should have determined that a patient's disease process is beyond his
or her skill or ability to treat with the likelihood of reasonable success, he or she is under ____________.
A. a duty to disclose such determination to the patient.
B. no duty to disclose such information to the patient.
C .a duty to continue treatment without disclosure of such information to the patient.
D. a duty to contemplate disclosure to the patient. - CORRECT ANSWER A. a duty to disclose such
determination to the patient.
The two schools of thought doctrine is applicable only in medical malpractice cases in which there is
more than one method of accepted treatment for a patient's disease or injury. Under the doctrine, a
physician will _____________ for medical malpractice if he or she follows the course of treatment
supported by reputable, respected, and reasonable medical experts.
A. be subject to loss of license
TEST.
A physician is expected to __________.
A. respect the rights of the community colleagues and most health professionals
B. respect the rights of patients, colleagues, and other health professionals, and shall openly discuss his
patient's medical condition in the general community
C. shall, in most instances, protect the confidences and privacy within the constraints of the law
D. respect the rights of patients, colleagues, and other health professionals, and shall safeguard patient
confidences and privacy within the constraints of the law - CORRECT ANSWER D. respect the rights of
patients, colleagues, and other health professionals, and shall safeguard patient confidences and privacy
within the constraints of the law
The ___________of clinical privileges should be discipline-specific and based on appropriate
predetermined criteria that adhere to national standards.
A. presentation
B. delineation
C. mastery
D. reconciliation - CORRECT ANSWER B. delineation
The surgeon in a Louisiana case failed to read nursing notes in a patient's record. Consequently,
__________.
A. the surgeon breached his duty of care owed to the patient by failing to read nursing notes
B. testimony convinced a Louisiana Court of Appeal that the surgeon chose not to take advantage of
nurses' observations
C. the surgeon's failure to read the nursing notes deprived the patient's chance of survival
D. all of these answers are correct - CORRECT ANSWER D. all of these answers are correct
The Hippocratic Oath provides that a physician __________.
A. will abstain from seduction of females or males
, B. provide the necessary diagnostic tests required including a CT scan
C. refuse a patient care if he or she is unable to pay
D. none of these answers are correct - CORRECT ANSWER A. will abstain from seduction of females or
males
The American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs mandates that, once having
undertaken care of a patient, the __________.
A. patient's treatment will be discontinued without notifying the patient
B. physician should not neglect the patient
C. relationship between a physician and a patient, once established, continues until it is ended at the
sole discretion of the physician
D. none of these answers are correct - CORRECT ANSWER physician should not neglect the patient
Failure to obtain a family history and perform an adequate physical examination _____.
A. violates the standard of care owed to the patient
B. demonstrates quality patient care
C. violates the needs of the family
D. violates state insurance rules - CORRECT ANSWER A. violates the standard of care owed to the patient
When a physician determines or should have determined that a patient's disease process is beyond his
or her skill or ability to treat with the likelihood of reasonable success, he or she is under ____________.
A. a duty to disclose such determination to the patient.
B. no duty to disclose such information to the patient.
C .a duty to continue treatment without disclosure of such information to the patient.
D. a duty to contemplate disclosure to the patient. - CORRECT ANSWER A. a duty to disclose such
determination to the patient.
The two schools of thought doctrine is applicable only in medical malpractice cases in which there is
more than one method of accepted treatment for a patient's disease or injury. Under the doctrine, a
physician will _____________ for medical malpractice if he or she follows the course of treatment
supported by reputable, respected, and reasonable medical experts.
A. be subject to loss of license
