Ethical and Legal Principles of Health Care

If a healthcare provider commits a tort, what could happen to the provider?

Torts are

A friend had plastic surgery (not in the office where you work). You share her secret on Instagram. You could get fired.

Posing for a photo with ________ got 4 nursing students kicked out of school after posting the photo on social media.

A surgical instrument is accidentally left inside a patient's stomach. The surgeon has committed which tort?

"Do No Harm" is the ethical principle known as

Justice is the ethical principle that requires you to treat all patients

"Ethical competency" is a skill that enables healthcare providers to

"Implied consent" falls under the ethical principle of

A healthcare provider that violates his or her professional code of ethics could

Which ethical principle requires you to provide high quality care to patients that you don't particularly like?

If you tell your sister about her partner's HIV test (he is your patient) without his consent, you are in violation of?

The ethical principle that requires providers to be truthful and forthcoming with patients is

A nurse is overheard saying rude comments about one of his patients. Which tort is the nurse committing?

If you suspect that a child has been abused in any way, you can lose your job if you don't report it.

27 hospital employees in NJ were suspended without pay for a month for accessing George Clooney's medical records.

Some states have a "Conscience Clause" which allows healthcare providers to

You can perform a lifesaving procedure without getting consent from the patient if he or she is

Physician-assisted suicide causes conflict between the ethical principles of autonomy and

HIPAA is an acronym for the law that protects patient privacy.

Respecting a patient's right to make his or her own healthcare decisions is based on the ethical principle of

The ethical principal that allows for procedures that cause temporary pain is known as

If a healthcare professional is struggling with an ethical or legal dilemma at work, they should

Threatening a patient is considered