Career Options — Unit test Answers

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What is privileged communication?

A
communication between patients and friends
B
communication between a patient and a provider
C
communication between a patient and another patient
D
communication between doctors who are colleagues
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What is patient autonomy?

A
a patient’s duty to report unethical behavior
B
a patient’s duty to follow doctor’s orders
C
a patient’s right to make his or her own medical decisions
D
a patient’s right to refuse unethical treatment
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Who, in the healthcare industry, is responsible for keeping patient health information confidential?

A
people who process the patient paperwork
B
only doctors, nurses, and clinicians
C
people who manage medical records
D
anyone who works in health care
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What is legal advice that a lawyer provides to a person or organization?

A
risk management
B
legal counsel
C
legal risk
D
prosecution management
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Which of the following is an example of medical negligence?

A
A patient arrives late to an appointment.
B
A doctor criticizes a nurse in public.
C
A nurse forgets to feed a patient.
D
A lab technician gossips about a coworker.
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What statement best represents a healthcare facility that is accredited?

A
St. Mary’s Hospital relies on a safety officer to monitor the building and make sure patients are not doing things that are dangerous.
B
Wybeck Medical Center has an official system for creating and maintaining medical records and advanced directives.
C
Evergreen Nursing Home has a quality management committee that meets every three years to see if improvements need to be made.
D
St. Jude’s Hospital uses safety standards and has a quality assurance team to make sure patients receive excellent services.
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Which kind of ethical issue is unique to the healthcare industry?

A
financial
B
end-of-life
C
employee-relations
D
safety
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Why might an advance directive be used?

A
to force a patient to follow the doctor’s request
B
to force a patient to follow the patient’s family’s requests
C
to force a doctor to follow the patient’s family’s requests
D
to force doctors to follow the patient’s request
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What right does the Patient Self-Determination Act preserve?

A
the right of the patient to have their advance directive acknowledged
B
the right of the patient to protect the confidentiality of their advance directive
C
the right of the patient to select the doctor they want to treat them
D
the right of the patient to select the doctor they want to treat their family members
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Which of the following is an ethical issue that affects the pharmaceutical industry?

A
making drugs portable for patients who need to travel to other healthcare professionals
B
finding ways to make sure patients take their drugs as advised
C
making available new drugs that have benefits to patients as well as risks of side effects
D
supporting patients’ autonomy by supplying enough advertising about drugs

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