Chapter 1-4 Quiz

Which of the following terms describes a civil wrong that may be intentional or unintentional?

What is the usual cause of a clavicular fracture of a neonate during a vaginal delivery?

Which term describes the relationship between the CST and the patient or the patient’s family?

emergency circumstances exist when reasonable providers believe that a patient would agree to treatment

What is a coping mechanism often seen in children reacting to trauma?

For what type of research was Elizabeth Kubler-Ross best known?

Which of the following historical figures developed the first x-ray machine?

. Which organization develops national certification exams for surgical technologists and surgical first assistants

Which of the following is an example of an intentional tort pertaining to surgical patient care?

How many phases of surgical case management are there?

Maslow’s research produced a hierarchical structure of ___________.

According to the Joint Commission’s definition regarding consent to surgical intervention, which party has “autonomy”?

In or by which of the four components of communication would “decoding” take place?

Surgery performed immediately or within a short period of time, for example, a torn meniscus repair?

Which of the following torts would be classified as unintentional?

procedure or care provides a terminal patient with symptom relief or avoidance and improves quality

What is the MOST common type of shock seen in infants and children?

What is the name of the type of report sent to risk management in an effort to decrease the chance of harm to patients

rolled sheet or pad to elevate a pregnant patient’s right hip, tilting the operating room table to the left

9. The phrase “departure from the standard of care” BEST describes which of the following legal terms?

diagnoses is currently used in most jurisdictions of the world to define a state of irreversible death?

member of the surgical team is ultimately responsible for obtaining a written, informed surgical consent from a patient?

maintaining the patient’s operative record and transporting the patient to the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU)?

Which of the following is NOT one of the “Five Stages of Grief”?

A patient undergoing bariatric surgery may require extra time for general anesthetic reversal because anesthetic agents