Question

Penelope is working with a patient who is in hospice care and she often refers to the patient’s advance directive to determine appropriate treatment and care. What is something that Penelope would MOST likely find in the patient’s advance directive?

(1 point)
Responses

identification of the patient’s durable power of attorney

identification of the patient’s durable power of attorney

a list of visitors the patient wants and does not want in the room

a list of visitors the patient wants and does not want in the room

details on the spiritual counseling the patient wishes to receive

details on the spiritual counseling the patient wishes to receive

the types of foods the patient most prefers

the types of foods the patient most prefers

An unidentified patient is brought into the emergency department after a car accident. As the staff begins life-saving treatment, someone says, “Stop! We do not have the patient’s consent!” What should MOST likely happen in this situation?

(1 point)
Responses

Personnel should stop treatment until they locate the patient’s family.

Personnel should stop treatment until they locate the patient’s family.

Treatment should continue only until the patient is stabilized.

Treatment should continue only until the patient is stabilized.

Only the medical doctor in charge may continue to treat the patient.

Only the medical doctor in charge may continue to treat the patient.

The patient should be placed into a private room until they identify them.

Dr. Roberts is scrolling his medical practice’s social media feed one morning when he reads a post that says, “Dr. Roberts caused my mom’s heart attack. He is the worst doctor and should be in jail.” Dr. Roberts has never treated this person’s mother and knows the post is untrue. What act has MOST likely been committed against Dr. Roberts?

(1 point)
Responses

fraud

fraud

libel

libel

malpractice

malpractice

slander

Marie was in a minor car accident. She told the first responders who arrived on the scene that she felt fine, and she did not want to take an ambulance to the hospital. Nonetheless, the first responders forced Marie onto a stretcher and administered an IV once she was aboard the ambulance to the hospital. What type of medical wrongdoing was MOST likely committed in this example?

(1 point)
Responses

Negligence, because the first responders failed to examine Marie and make sure she was not seriously injured.

Negligence, because the first responders failed to examine Marie and make sure she was not seriously injured.

False imprisonment, because the first responders held Marie against her will.

False imprisonment, because the first responders held Marie against her will.

Slander, because the first responders made it seem like Marie was seriously injured when she was not.

Slander, because the first responders made it seem like Marie was seriously injured when she was not.

Fraud, because the first responders tricked Marie into going to the hospital.

Xander is an emergency department physician. His current patient is a college student here with her mother, who was worried about the wet, productive cough her daughter had and insisted she come to the emergency department. Xander wants to get a chest X-ray, but first he must make sure his patient is not pregnant, since the radiation might be harmful to a baby. What is the BEST way find out the information he needs?

(1 point)
Responses

Ask the patient if she is pregnant in front of her mother since they are family.

Ask the patient if she is pregnant in front of her mother since they are family.

Ask the patient’s mother to step out so that he might ask a few questions.

Ask the patient’s mother to step out so that he might ask a few questions.

Keep quiet and assume that the patient will speak up if she is pregnant.

Keep quiet and assume that the patient will speak up if she is pregnant.

Call the student health clinic at the college to find out if the student is pregnant.

Answer 1

1) identification of the patient’s durable power of attorney

2) Treatment should continue only until the patient is stabilized.

3) libel

4) False imprisonment, because the first responders held Marie against her will.

5) Ask the patient’s mother to step out so that he might ask a few questions.