Ethics and Law in Dental Hygiene Practice Questions With Verified Answers.
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Dental Hygiene Law And Ethics
Ethics and Law in Dental Hygiene Practice
Questions With Verified Answers.
1. The higher standards expressed in a professional code of ethics and enforced by those within
the profession represents
a. self-regulating behavior.
b. a service orientation.
c. a standard of practice.
d. an organiz...
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 23, 2024 4:26 PM Ethics and Law in Dental Hygiene Practice Questions With Verified Answers. 1. The higher standards expressed in a professional code of ethics and enforced by those within the profession represents a. self -regulating behavior. b. a service orientation. c. a standar d of practice. d. an organized association. - answer✔✔1. ANS: A Health care professionals are held to a higher standard than can be expressed exclusively by legislative mandate. This is called self -regulating or self -policing behavior and represents an increased level of trust on the part of the public. 2. The three fundamental ethical principles of the "Physician Charter" include the primacy of patient welfare, patient autonomy, and the principle of a. professionalism. b. interprofessionalism. c. social j ustice. d. altruism. - answer✔✔2. ANS: C The principle of social justice is the third main tenet. The desired goal of the publication "Medical Professionalism in the New Millennium: A Physician Charter" was to reinvigorate the value of professionalism that includes social responsibility: the ethi c of care, and access to that care, for all members of society. 3. Which of the following models of professionalism described by Ozar is considered to be the most desirable? a. Commercial model b. Interactive model c. Guild model - answer✔✔3. ANS: B EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 23, 2024 4:26 PM The i nteractive model is preferable because it presents the patient and provider as partners who make different contributions to the partnership. This equal moral status creates an obligation for equal respect as partners working together toward attaining and m aintaining oral health. 4. The term interprofessional education (IPE) refers to occasions when students from two or more health professions a. are combined into a single education program, for example, Registered Nurse (R.N.) and Licensed Practical Nurse ( L.P.N.) or Osteopathic Physician (D.O.) and Allopathic Physician (M.D.). b. complete the degree requirements for more than one program, for example, an M.D. and a D.D.S. c. learn together during part of their professional training. d. take the same written board examination as part of the licensing process. - answer✔✔4. ANS: C The term IPE refers to occasions when students from two or more health professions learn together during all or part of their professional training with the objective of cultivating collaborative practice to improve the quality of patient care at the individual and population level. 5. ____________ are essential skills requiring knowledge, skill, and ability that are performed by a health care provider. a. Duties b. Obligations c. Bas ics d. Competencies - answer✔✔5. ANS: D For a dental hygienist, competencies are skills regularly used in real practice settings to meet the oral health needs of patients. These competencies have been examined and endorsed by dental hygienists, dentists, and dental educators as valid and appropriate. 6. Which of the following is the term used to describe the system that has been developed in the United States to protect the public welfare and provide standards for the evaluation of educational programs and schools? a. Standards EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 23, 2024 4:26 PM b. Competencies c. Accreditation d. Uniformity - answer✔✔6. ANS: C The Commission on Dental Accreditation is the specialized accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education to accredit programs that provide basic preparation for licensure in dentistry, dental hygiene, and all related dental disc iplines. 7. Which of the following is the top stage of competency according to the expert learning continuum? a. Competent b. Master c. Proficient d. Beginner e. Novice - answer✔✔7. ANS: B The five stages are novice, beginner, competent, proficient, and m aster. Becoming an expert is not an end point, rather it is something a true professional constantly strives for in practice. 8. Which of the following organizations developed the "Standards for Clinical Dental Hygiene Practice"? a. The American Dental Edu cators Association (ADEA) b. The American Dental Association (ADA) c. The American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) d. The Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) - answer✔✔8. ANS: C The ADHA established the Standards for Clinic al Dental Hygiene Practice in 1985 to outline the expectations for the practicing dental hygienist. The revised standards were validated in 2008 and reaffirmed in 2014 to lay out a framework for clinical practice that focuses on the provision of patient -centered comprehensive care. 9. All of the professional traits of a health care professional are rooted in a. nonmaleficence. b. beneficence. EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 23, 2024 4:26 PM c. veracity. d. integrity. - answer✔✔9. ANS: B The professional traits are rooted in beneficence, the core of healt h care that places the needs of the patient or client ahead of those of the provider. Society expects and demands this behavior from individuals who choose to pursue a career in the health fields. 10. Which of the following "Standards for Clinical Dental H ygiene Practice" requires interpretation of assessments in order to reach conclusions about the dental hygiene treatment needs? a. Evaluation b. Planning c. Dental hygiene diagnosis d. Implementation - answer✔✔10. ANS: C The dental hygiene diagnosis is the identification of an individual's health behaviors, attitudes, and oral health care needs for which the hygienist is educationally qualified and licensed to treat. This aspect of practice requires evidence -based critical analysis and interpretation of assessments in order to reach conclusions about the dental hygiene treatment needs. 11. According to the ethicist Laurence McCullough, which of the following is one of the two virtues required in a professional person? a. Se lf-effacement b. Integrity c. Honesty d. Patience - answer✔✔11. ANS: A The first virtue is self -effacement, which means putting aside all notions of self as better educated, socially superior, or more economically well off and focusing on the needs of the patient. The second is self -sacrifice, or putting aside or giving up one's own interests and concerns. 12. Maintaining current knowledge of dental hygiene theory and technique is one facet of which of the following professional traits of a dental hygienis t? a. Loyalty
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