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1.home care aide ties a confused patient to the bed to keep her from getting up. The aide could be guilty of:

2.A patient goes into surgery for a right hip replacement and the surgeon replaces the left hip. The surgeon would MOST LIKELY be charged with:

3.What statement about health care records is true?

4.What legislation enacted in 1996 protects the security and privacy of health data?

5.Mr. Burns has a terminal illness and does not want to be kept alive with aggressive medical intervention once he is no longer capable of making his own decisions. He should have a:

6.A woman with a rare lung disorder is transferred to a teaching hospital. On the first day, her new doctor walks in with six medical students and asks if each student can listen to her lungs. Tha patient:

7.A woman is walking in the park when she collapses and has a seizure. A passerby provides first aid by protecting the woman's head and keeping her airway open until the seizure stops. What are the legal implications?

8.A male nurse feels uncomfortable around a nursing supervisor who frequently makes remarks about his strength and masculinity, despite his asking her n9.What behavior by Jennifer, a nursing assistant, would be considered unethical?

9.What are ethical standards based on?

10.A physical therapist asks the medication nurse if one of her patients, Mrs. Jones, has been taking pain medication, because Mrs. Jones told the therapist that "the nurses won't give me anything for pain." If the nurse answers the therapist's question, it would be:

11.Which information could be violating patient confidentiality?

12.A physical therapy aide believes the chief physical therapist is often cool and unfriendly. How should the aide respond to a patient who states that the chief therapist "Isn't very friendly, is she?"

13.Sui Lu, age 16, is an exchange student from China who was hospitalized with pneumonia. The respiratory therapist notices that Sui Lu completely avoids making eye contact, and should assume that this is:

14.A patient has very specific beliefs about the food she is willing to eat. What has the GREATEST influence on beliefs about eating?

15.An aide goes to a room to help a patient with her bath. The patient's husband asks if the aide can wait 10 minutes until his wife finishes her prayers. The aide should: