Liability and Ethics
Which of the following defines an ethical dilemma?
A conflict of moral beliefs
Ethical dilemmas occur when the laws conflict. - True - False
False
Health care workers should try to force their opinions about bioethical dilemmas on patients. - True - False
False
A physician prescribes penicillin to a patient with a documented allergic reaction to penicillin. When the penicillin is administered to the patient, the patient again has an allergic reaction. The physician's supervisor reports the physician's violation.
Filing event reports
A registered nurse records a patient's care completely, objectively, legibly, and in a timely manner. Keeping proper documentation
Keeping proper documentation
Rules of conduct enacted and enforced by governments Laws
Laws
Liability can be defined as which of the following?
Legal responsibility for causing harm
An individual's personal values
Morals
What are the principles that direct a facility's activities and state what a facility does? - Procedures - Policies - All of the above
Policies
A clinically depressed woman who takes antidepressant medication becomes pregnant. Antidepressants, though, could harm the fetus. Her physician lists possible solutions, evaluates each, chooses the best one, and closely assesses its affects. Problem-solving
Problem-solving
A nursing home identifies that it has been sued for several adverse events. The facility discovers that the patients who sued experienced poor relationships with staff. To prevent future lawsuits, the facility institutes a communication training program for staff.
Risk management
What is a process of identifying, evaluating, and preventing sources of liability?
Risk management
When problem solving, health care workers should identify the objective that must be achieved before making and implementing a plan. - True - False
True
A facility has a policy that states: "Use precautions to prevent the spread of pathogens." Which of the following is a procedure for this policy?
Wash your hands between patients.
Event reports are personal accounts of events. - True - False
False
According to their code of ethics, what should health care workers do? - Respect patients' rights to make decisions regarding their health care - Care for patients according to their profession's scope of practice - Maintain confidentiality of patients' health information - Treat patients equally and without discrimination - All of the above
All of the above
What does a code of ethics do? - Directs the decisions of the people belonging to the group when faced with ethical problems - Directs the behavior of the people belonging to the group - All of the above
All of the above
When are health care workers liable? - If they breach a contract - If they commit a criminal offense - If they do not meet the established standards of care - All of the above
All of the above
An event report does NOT need a statement from which of the following?
Any person who can speak to the character of the patient
What is a process of identification, evaluation, and prevention? - Keeping proper documentation - Applying risk management - Following policies and procedures - Filing event reports - Using problem-solving
Applying risk management
What is a list of written statements describing proper conduct for a group of people?
Code of ethics
Rules of proper conduct among a group of people, such as a religion or profession are called... Ethics
Ethics
What are rules of proper conduct among a group of people, such as a religion or profession?
Ethics
In a hospital, lab specimens are to be labeled properly. As a result, when labeling a blood sample, a medical assistant records the patient's surname, first, and middle as well as the patient's ID number. Then the medial assistant records the date, time, and his initials.
Following policies and procedures
Regina is a nurse at a community hospital. She is assigned a young pregnant patient, Allyson, who is being treated for injuries received in a car accident. Allyson tells Regina that she and her boyfriend have decided to have an abortion. Regina believes that abortion is unethical. How should Regina respond to Allyson?
She should care for Allyson as she would any other patient and be respectful.
Paula is a nurse and holds firmly to the Catholic faith. She is assigned to treat a patient who is an outspoken Muslim. According to the code of ethics, how should Paula treat her patient?
She should treat the patient respectfully and without discrimination.
A nursing team is short-staffed and extremely busy. An RN asks a nursing assistant to give a patient his afternoon medication. Who is liable?
The nursing assistant, the RN, and the employer
Being legally responsible for causing harm is called _____.
liability
