Chapter 2: Legal Concepts, Risk Management, and Ethical Issues

Surgical team members who fail to monitor and protect a medicated patient from falling could be charged with:

Which terms describes the system of moral principles and rules that become standards of conduct for professionals

In a common adage, what is the “best medicine” in health care?

The most common types of pt care errors committed by OR personnel including negligence & malpractice are categorized as

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

Which surg patient are legally authorized to sign informed surgical consent based on medical practice acts and state law

The broad objectives of the (HIPAA) include all of the following EXCEPT

Under the Borrowed Servant Rule, the surgeon is accountable for all actions of the operating room team in lawsuits.

Living will and durable power of attorney are examples of advance directives in health care.

Which organization bring together surgeons with shared focus on patient and worker safety?

Specimen loss, mislabeling, and improper preparation are examples of which of the following?

Which terms meets the definition: a voluntary and informed act in which one party gives permission to touch

Which of the legal doctrines would MOST likely apply in the case of a wrong site surgery or retained foreign body

Which governmental agency has authority as outlined in the Safe Medical Device Act?

Graduates of CAAHEP or ABHES programs are eligible to sit for the CST or CSFA examinations administered by:

Emergency consent in absence of signed/verbal permission?

All of the following carry the force of state or national legal enforcement EXCEPT:

A ST student who photograph a patient and post the image on the Internet could be sued for invasion of privacy and HIPAA

Which doctrine is most applicable where a pt is injured due to a hospital employee's lack of proper training or cred.

Which is NOT a form of individual professional credentialing that protects the public from unqualified health care provi

The first scrub surgical technologist performs intraoperative tasks under the broad delegatory authority of the:

All of the following are components of the surgical patient’s medical record EXCEPT:

In 2004, which of the following agencies created the “Do Not Use” abbreviation list?

Which form of consent is defined by the JC as agreement or permission accompanied by full notice about what is consented

Verification that educational programs meet minimum accreditation standards is done by:

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

term relates to a pt wish regarding medical tx and selfdetermination in case of incapacity or inability to communicate

Name of report sent to risk management to prevent harm to patients/staff and damage to hospital property?

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

Which type of legal action is MOST likely in cases involving tort law and operating room personnel?

Which terms best describes the process of keeping thorough accurate and legal records of a pts medical care

What term describes a method of pretrial discovery in which a surgical team member might answer questions under oath

Which of the following torts would be classified as unintentional?

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

What term refers to the required knowledge skills of a profession, along with a healthcare provider's accountability

Which doctrine would apply where the RN & CST failed to perform proper surgical count resulting in foreign body

Errors in chart documentation should be erased to prevent confusion by subsequent caregivers.

Which was identified in the late 1990s as causing more deaths in the US than car accidents AIDS and breast cancer

For which of the following processes are identification and reporting of unsafe conditions and hazards MOST critical?

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

Which section of the pts MR would include pre-op and post-op diagnoses positioning skin preparation start and stop time

Which term represents principles like benevolence trustworthiness and honesty in caring for the well being of others

The American Hospital Association replaced its “Patient’s Bill of Rights” with which of the following?

Which of the following would NOT be considered an example of a potential ethical dilemma?

The best assurance of safe and individual professional behavior by the CST or CSFA is a well-developed, unyielding:

General consent is obtained by pts admitted to hospital and covers routine services/treatment but not surgery

What is establishing a neutral zone designed to do?

Which of the following legal terms is BEST described as “professional misconduct that results in harm to another”?

A special consent form would be required for which of the following situations during a hospital admission?

In a lawsuit, which may an individual team member be found guilty of if a patient sustains a burn due to ECU complicati