Introduction to Health Professions Textbook Exam
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Introduction to Health Professions provides students with a comprehensive overview of the diverse careers within the healthcare industry, exploring roles such as medicine, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy, public health, and allied health fields. The course examines the skills, educational pathways, and ethical responsibilities associated with each profession, as well as current trends and challenges in healthcare delivery. Through interactive discussions, case studies, and guest speakers, students will gain deeper insight into professional expectations, interprofessional collaboration, and the impact of healthcare providers on patient outcomes and community well-being.
Recommended Textbook Law and Ethics for Health Professions 7th Edition by Karen Judson BS
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Law and Ethics
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Q1) Unethical behavior is always:
A) unacceptable
B) illegal
C) punishable by legal means
D) punishable by professional groups
E) behavior that requires time in jail
Answer: A
Q2) A pledge for physicians that remains influential today is:
A) Code of Hammurabi
B) Babylonian Ethics Code
C) Hippocratic oath
D) Socrates' pledge
E) Percival's Ethics
Answer: C
Q3) Standards of behavior, developed as a result of one's concept of right and wrong, is known as:
Answer: ethics, which is concerned with the concept of right or wrong over and above that which is legal in a given situation.
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Chapter 2: Making Ethical Decisions
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Q1) A child tells a nurse that he stole money from his mother's purse because he needed money to buy some candy. He also states that he knows what he did was wrong and will not do it again. Based on this conversation, what stage of moral development would this child be experiencing?
A) sensorimotor stage
B) preoperational stage
C) concrete operational stage
D) formal operational stage
E) post-operational stage
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following theorists believed that human behavior is based on specific human needs that must often be met in a specific order?
A) Abraham Maslow
B) Jean Piaget
C) Lawrence Kohlberg
D) Immanuel Kant
E) Alasdair MacIntyre
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Working in Health Care
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Q1) What federal legislation created health insurance exchanges that provide individuals with an ability to purchase insurance?
A) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
B) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
C) Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank Act
D) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
E) Health Care Quality Improvement Act
Answer: D
Q2) Under this concept, a patient is established with a physician in a primary care group practice that provides a long-term partnership between the patient and providers in the group practice and also provides enhanced access for patients.
A) health maintenance plan
B) primary care medical home
C) patient-centered medical home
D) independent practice home
E) open access plan
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Law the Courts and Contracts
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Q1) For which of the following actions would an employer be responsible under respondeat superior?
A) An employee assaults a patient in the parking lot.
B) An employee steals narcotic drugs from the medication room.
C) An employee accidently prescribes the wrong medication.
D) An employee knowingly defames the character of a patient.
E) An employee gets into an auto accident on their way home from work.
Q2) A state court would have jurisdiction in which of the following cases?
A) copyright infringement
B) antitrust
C) admiralty law
D) bankruptcy
E) license revocation
Q3) Laws enacted by state or federal legislatures are called:
A) case law
B) bills
C) amendments
D) statutes
E) common law
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Chapter 5: Professional Liability and Medical Malpractice
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Q1) A medical assistant takes universal precautions while drawing blood for analysis. This is an example of:
A) standard of care
B) reasonable person care
C) reasonable person standard
D) duty of care
E) performance standard
Q2) Alternative dispute resolution has become increasing popular over the years. What is the reason for this increase?
A) shortage of attorneys to represent clients
B) ease of proceedings
C) better overall results
D) overcrowding of court calendars
E) shortage of court rooms to hold trials
Q3) The definition of liability is:
A) the legal responsibility of competent adults for their own acts
B) applied only to on-the-job acts
C) duty of care
D) standard of care
E) confidentiality
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Chapter 6: Defenses to Liability Suits
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Q1) Release of tortfeasor is a(n):
A) affirmative defense
B) technical defense
C) denial defense
D) contributory negligence defense
E) comparative negligence defense
Q2) What would be the best advice for a nurse caring for patients who have complained about their treating physician?
A) Verbally agree with them.
B) Steer the conversation to something else.
C) Listen carefully and see that the comments reach the physician.
D) Tell the patient they are wrong.
E) Ignore the patients' comments.
Q3) Medical malpractice insurance that covers the insured only for those claims made while the policy is in force is called:
A) prior acts coverage
B) self-insured coverage
C) claims-made coverage
D) occurrence coverage
E) liability coverage
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Chapter 7: Medical Records and Informed Consent
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Q1) In which of the following examples would patient authorization for release of his or her medical record be waived?
A) for an insurance claim
B) for medical injuries sustained in an auto accident
C) when a subpoena duces tecum is issued
D) when a patient dies
E) when transferring to another physician
Q2) A hospital maintains medical records on all patients treated in the hospital. Who owns the information in the hospital records?
A) the treating physician
B) the patient
C) the hospital
D) the insurance company paying the bills
E) the surgeon
Q3) Discuss the statute of limitations as it relates to the retention of medical records.
Q4) What is an addendum to a medical record?
Q5) Describe the process a provider should take to ensure confidentiality before photographing a patient.
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Chapter 8: Privacy, Security, and Fraud
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Q1) An orthopedic surgeon refers his patients to a radiology facility owned by his brother. What law is potentially being violated?
A) Federal Anti-Kickback law
B) Stark Law
C) Federal False Claims Act
D) HIPAA
E) HITECH
Q2) A breach under HIPAA:
A) is an unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or disclosure of personal health information
B) is a use of a firewall
C) is the transfer of records by email
D) is an unauthorized use of the medical record that is not disclosed
E) is similar to meaningful use
Q3) What is a firewall?
Q4) What was the first federal law that covered privacy and security for health care information?
Q5) Identify the four standards found in HIPAA.
Q6) What is a permission under HIPAA?
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Q7) What is the difference between the Federal Anti-Kickback Law and the Stark Law?
Chapter 9: Physicians Public Duties and Responsibilities
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Q1) Certain sexually transmitted infections (STIs) must be reported whenever diagnosed. Which of the following is not a reportable STI?
A) syphilis
B) cervical cancer
C) public lice
D) scabies
E) trichomoniasis
Q2) Define the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act.
Q3) What is the difference between a coroner and a medical examiner?
Q4) In which of the following cases would it be legal for a physician to sign a death certificate?
A) if the physician attended to the deceased before the death
B) if the death was possibly due to criminal causes
C) if the cause of death was undetermined by the physician
D) if the cause of death was violent
E) if the cause of death was suspicious
Q5) What medical treatment must children have in order to enter public schools?
Q6) What is federalism?
Q7) Who must sign a death certificate when the person died from a fatal shooting?
Q8) What is forensic medicine?
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Chapter 10: Workplace Legalities
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Q1) Discuss the changes made in 2012 to the Hazard Communication Standard.
Q2) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers which of the following?
A) makes discrimination in the workplace illegal
B) applies to businesses with 25 employees or more
C) does not cover discrimination with respect to gender
D) applies only to the hiring and firing of employees
E) applies to safety in the workplace
Q3) Discuss the concept of public policy as it relates to the hiring and firing of employees.
Q4) OSHA standards for medical settings and healthcare workers are often influenced by, or associated with, guidelines issued by:
A) JCAHO
B) CMS
C) CLIA
D) CDC
E) HCS
Q5) What is the major responsibility for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
Q6) What is the purpose of an I-9 form?
Q7) What are the five types of state workers' compensation benefits?
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Chapter 11: The Beginning of Life and Childhood
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Q1) Stem cells that develop into neuronal tissues could be used to treat patients with which of the following conditions/disorders?
A) pancreatic cancer
B) Alzheimer's disease
C) diabetes
D) heart disease
E) obesity
Q2) What does a genetic counselor do?
Q3) The medical examiner is attempting to eliminate a suspect in a crime. What type of DNA testing might the medical examiner do?
A) carrier
B) forensic
C) prenatal testing
D) tracing lineage
E) predictive
Q4) Discuss the difference between a mature minor and an emancipated minor.
Q5) What is cloning?
Q6) What is the safe haven law?
Q7) What is in vitro fertilization?
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Chapter 12: Death and Dying
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Q1) Traditionally, in educational programs for health care practitioners, courses of study have placed more emphasis on what type of care?
A) hospice
B) experimental
C) curative
D) comfort
E) palliative
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a person who is experiencing the third stage of grief according to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD?
A) A person who is dying asks God to keep her alive to see the birth of her grandchild.
B) A terminally ill person seeks another doctor because she doesn't believe her diagnosis.
C) A person who is dying is angry at God for the loss of control over her life.
D) A person who is dying feels hopeless and cries frequently.
E) A person comes to terms with dying.
Q3) What is a living will?
Q4) Describe hospice.
Q5) Define thanatology.
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Chapter 13: Health Care Trends and Forecasts
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Q1) According to the Health Care Cost Institute, what percentage of our health care costs are spent on new technology?
A) 20 to 30%
B) 30 to 35%
C) 35 to 55%
D) 38 to 64%
E) 45 to 70%
Q2) Define access as it relates to health care.
Q3) Which of the following statements is true of the gross domestic product (GDP)?
A) The percentage of the GDP represented by health care spending was first determined in 1975.
B) The percentage of the GDP represented by health care spending has been decreasing steadily over the years.
C) In 2014, according to U.S. government figures, health care spending had risen to 17.7 percent of the GDP.
D) The national coalition on health care predicts that by 2015, the United States will most likely be spending 30 percent of the country's GDP on health care.
E) Average per person spending on health care in the united states is $15,000
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