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

What is the name of the type of report sent to risk management in an effort to decrease the chance of harm to patients or staff or damage to hospital property?

Match each term below with its description. -The motto used by AST, meaning "The Patient First"

Match each term below with its description. -Legal principle, created by a court decision, that provides an example of authority for judges deciding similar issues later

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

Match each term below with its description. -The combined account of the interaction between the patient and the health care providers during a given incidence of illness or treatment.

Which of the following torts would be classified as unintentional?

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

Which legal doctrine would be MOST applicable in a case involving injury to a patient as a result of a hospital employee's lack of proper training or credentialing?

Match each term below with its description. -The individual who initiates a lawsuit

Match each term below with its description. -Title used that establishes a minimum knowledge base for a given health care profession

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

The legal term that identifies the knowledge and skills required for a profession and describes a health care provider's core accountability, based on education, experience, and credentialing is:

Match each term below with its description. -Assessment of educational programs for quality and effectiveness and used as a criterion for eligibility to sit for a national certification examination

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

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

What is the name of the organization whose focus is on patient and worker safety and is a unique coalition of surgeons (ACS), anesthesiologists (ASA), operating room (AORN) and perianesthesia (ASPAN) nurses, CRNAs (AANA), surgical physician assistants (AASPA), and surgical technologists (AST)?

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

Match each term below with its description. -Willful, intentional acts that violate the civil rights of a patient

Which of the following surgical patients would be legally authorized to sign an informed surgical consent, based on medical practice acts and state law?

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