Exam 3: Law, Documentation, and Professional Ethics

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

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -Committed inadvertently, without intent to harm

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -Laws that are passed by legislative bodies

HIPAA protects patient's __________________ and other health information through its privacy rule.

Under the U.S. Constitution, each state has the power to regulate businesses and professions, including the practice of medicine and nursing. The laws differ from state to state and are called _____________ and _____________.

____________ are defined as rules that regulate the conduct of specific groups of people.

Professional standards are __________.

___________ have the right to equal treatment, regardless of age, physical attributes, mental state, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status.

The health care professions have these particular ethics related to beneficences __________.

The surgical technologist has the right to abstain from participation in certain types of cases that violate his or her ethical, moral, or religious values. This is known as __________.

Failure to ____________ can occur when a member of the team neglects to pass on vital information that requires action.

Choose from the terms listed and match them with their most correct description. You may use the same answer more than once. -Regulations passed by agencies and departments of the government

Intentionally lying or falsifying information given during a court testimony after being sworn to tell the truth is known as ________.

Law in most society is intended to protect __________.