Exam 3: Law, Documentation, and Professional Ethics

Law is a __________.

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -A derogatory statement made by one person about another

Surgical technologists are required to ____________ medications on the field.

Described as personal standards, ___________ are adopted by persons to govern their personal conduct.

A set of rules or regulations that hospital employees are required to follow, created to protect patients and employees from harm and to ensure the smooth operation of the hospital, is called ________.

_____________ means deliberate efforts to erode the reputation of another person.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), outlines federal standards for the protection of _______________.

Tammy is a program director and is always talking about her supervisor. Tammy informs the class that her supervisor is uneducated and does not know the standards and guidelines. Because Tammy has made this statement verbally this is considered __________.

Patient falls are the ___________ cause of death in hospitalized people over 65.

Aeger primo is defined as ____________.

A patient's operative consent form, or ____________________, is the process in which the attending practitioner explains risks, benefits, and alternatives of the surgery to the patient.

Choose the correct statement concerning common circumstances in which falls occur.

The operating room ___________________ is distinct from the hospital policy.

You are scrubbed with Dr. Jones on a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Dr. Jones and Dr. Adams start telling jokes in a sexual manner. These comments make you feel uncomfortable; you would consider this __________.

A____________ is a legal document that specifically states the type of medical intervention or treatment the patient wants.

The universal protocol or____________ is a verification procedure in which the team pauses just before surgery and begins to acknowledge essential information about the operative site and side, patient identity, position, and other crucial information about the patient and procedure.

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -HIPAA violation

Ethics are __________.

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -Theft of hospital policy

Any tissue or foreign object removed from the patient during surgery requires careful handling and ____________.