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Informed Consent - Answer-patient must be informed of nature of: procedure, treatment, or disease; expectations of treatment and likelihood of success; treatment alternatives and outcome without treatment; and known risk factors of treatment HIPAA - Answer-health insurance portability and accoun...

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Radiation Therapy Patient Care Exam
Questions with Latest Update
Informed Consent - Answer-patient must be informed of nature of: procedure, treatment,
or disease; expectations of treatment and likelihood of success; treatment alternatives
and outcome without treatment; and known risk factors of treatment

HIPAA - Answer-health insurance portability and accountability act; provides federal
protection for personal health information, and gives the patient rights to that information

Confidentiality - Answer-patient information must be kept in a secure area, not be
revealed without proper consent, and can only be discussed with those directly involved
in treatment; the exception is if the life of the patient or safety of a third party is
jeopardized

Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) Orders: - Answer-part of the Public Health Law that allows
the legal avenue to withhold CPR

Living Will - Answer-legal document in which patients have control of their future, and
the family's wishes do not override the patient's; living wills relieve doctors and hospitals
of legal responsibility; a signature must be witnessed by two disinterested individuals
that are not related to the patient, are not mentioned in the will, and have no claim to the
estate

Health Care Proxies (substitute) - Answer-legal document that gives a family member or
friend (referred to as the health care provider) the authority to make critical decisions if
the patient becomes incapacitated

Research Participation - Answer-patient has the right to refuse to participate in
research, and has rights to receiving full explanation of research; a consent form must
be signed to participate, but the patient can withdraw from research at any time; the
doctor can stop a patients treatment at any time if the patient is not responding well to
treatment

Civil Law - Answer-non-criminal disputes such as disagreements over contracts,
property ownership, and personal property damages

Tort Law - Answer-a legal wrong against a person or property, excluding contract
disagreements disputes

Civil Assault - Answer-intentional tort; threat of touching in an injurious way; can be
avoided by explaining the full procedure to the patient beforehand

Civil Battery - Answer-intentional tort; touching without permission

, False Imprisonment - Answer-intentional tort; intentional confinement (such as
immobilization devices)

Libel - Answer-intentional tort; written defamation of character (everything in a patients
chart is subject to review)

Slander - Answer-intentional tort; oral defamation of character

Invasion of Privacy - Answer-intentional tort; information released, or patient exposed
improperly or unnecessarily

Negligence - Answer-unintentional tort; neglect or omission of reasonable care

Malpractice - Answer-unintentional tort; result of professional misconduct,
incompetence, or lack of skills

Scope of Practice for a Profession - Answer-written context of what the professional can
do based on education and preparation

Standard of Practice for a Profession - Answer-delineates the proper procedure and
how an action should be performed

Personal Liability - Answer-must take responsibility of own actions

Doctrine of Respondent Superior - Answer-holding the employer responsible for
negligent acts of an employee

Res Ipsa Loquitur - Answer-"the thing speaks for itself"
a defendant can explain events and a court can decide outcome with no witness
present

Doctrine of Foreseeability - Answer-knowledge of actions or lack of information that
could cause injury

Risk Management - Answer-identifies causes of accidents and implements programs to
prevent them

Incident Reports - Answer-report of any happening that is not routine operation; should
not contain opinions, accusation, or conjecture, only the facts

Good Samaritan Laws - Answer-laws that exist in most states to limit the legal liability of
health care professionals who help in an emergency situation outside the work setting

Verbal Communication - Answer-includes spoken and written words

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