SUBJECT: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LAWS AND BIOETHICS MULTIPLE CHOICE. Select a SINGLE BEST response  1

SUBJECT: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY LAWS AND BIOETHICS MULTIPLE CHOICE. Select a SINGLE BEST response  10. A patient is diagnosed with lymphoma. The patient’s family requests that you don’t tell the patient of his diagnosis because “I really don’t think he will be able to handle this news. In most circumstances, which of the following prevents you from being able to withhold information? * A. The patient has decision making capacity. B. The patient has legal competency C. The patient is not brain dead. D. The patient has not elected a medical power of attorney.  11. The patient provides verbal permission for his information to be sent to his primary care physician. The hospital where you work has a policy where the patient must first sign a “release of information” in order to release his confidential information. In this case, which of the following is true regarding the release of the patient’s confidential protected health information? * A. Patients must always sign a “release of information” otherwise the information cannot be released. B. Written permission is not required since the primary care physician already knows this patient. C. Express verbal permission is sufficient to release protected health information. D. Hospital may impose additional requirements for the release of protected health information.  12. A doctor is ordering a lumbar puncture for a patient with suspected meningitis. He orders the test on the wrong patient, but 10 minutes later catches his mistake before the test is incorrectly performed on the wrong patient. He corrects the mistake, orders the lumbar puncture for the actual patient, and goes about his business. What is the physician’s responsibility to the patient who was incorrectly ordered the lumbar puncture (but never ultimately received it)? * A. Nothing; no breach was committed. B. Nothing; the near-miss was identified. C. Disclose the mistake to the patient. D. Disclose the mistake to the internal review board.  13. A patient is diagnosed with HIV. Which of the following is true? * A. The patient must give permission to report this to public health officials. B. The information can be released to public health officials only if the patient refuses treatment. C. The information can be released to public health officials only if the patient was diagnosed within the past 3 months. D. The physician and/or hospital has a legal obligation to report this to public health officials in all scenarios.  14. A patient is found in the community and suffers a massive intracerebral hemorrhage. She is ventilated in the ICU for days in a comatose state. In order to formally pronounce the patient dead, All of the following are required, EXCEPT? * A. absence of oculovestibular reflex B. absence of withdrawal to painful stimuli C. absence of corneal reflex D. reversibility of coma  15. Which bioethical issue requires the definition of the start of personhood? * A. Abortion B. Euthanasia C. Use of contraception D. Dysthanasia  16. A patient has a dangerously low hemoglobin and requires a blood transfusion. Assuming the patient is a 34-year-old competent male with full decision-making capacity, who refuses the transfusion, which of the following is the best initial course of action? * A. Allow the patient to refuse the transfusion only after discussion risks, benefits, and alternatives to treatment. B. Allow the patient to refuse the transfusion only after signing an “against medical advice” document. C. Do NOT allow the patient to refuse the transfusion as it is considered negligence to do so. D. Do NOT allow the patient to refuse the transfusion as it is considered emergency treatment.  17. Which state paternity is exercised when performance of the action is too risky? * A. Pure B. Restricted C. Impure D. Extended  18. A patient has a dangerously low hemoglobin and requires a blood transfusion. Assuming the patient is a 30-year-old unconscious female, but their partner (who is conscious) says do NOT transfuse the patient, which of the following is correct? * A. Transfuse the patient. B. Do NOT transfuse the patient.  19. Which statement are you going to tell a family member who blames himself for the death of the patient? * A. It is not your fault, death comes naturally. B. It was her time to go to heaven. C. The death is due to her sickness. D. She was very sick for a long time and now she is no longer suffering  20. Which defines ethics? * A. Ethics is a practical science of human conduct. B. Ethics is the study of morality. C. Ethics commands how one must behave. D. Ethics is living as an upright person. Health Science Science Nursing Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)

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