When a patients family takes legal action against a nursing home, the nursing
home corporation is referred to as the ____ Answer - Defendant (p. 100)
Which level of government has the authority to regulate long-term care
insurance? Answer - State (p. 102)
Which court is the final arbiter in constitutional matters? Answer - The
supreme court (p.102)
If a state legislature passes a new law that modifies the methodology for
Medicaid reimbursement, this law would be classified as Answer - Statutory
law (p. 102)
Which of the following mainly consists of rules and regulations? Answer -
Administration law (p. 102)
When a court applies settled principles of law from previous cases, it is using
Answer - Common law (p. 102)
, Administrative law must be consistent with Answer - Statutory law (p. 102)
Criminal law is also classified as Answer - Public law (p. 102)
Malpractice falls under Answer - Tort law (p. 103)
For a court to award damages in a malpractice lawsuit, what must occur?
Answer - Injury (p. 103)
Malpractice occurs when Answer - Services are not delivered according to
accepted standards of care (p. 103)
In which of the following situations a contract may be valid? Answer - The
agreement is not in writing (p. 105)
Consideration Answer - Promised exchange of value (p. 105)
Each nursing home admission is supported by a Answer - Contract (p. 105)
As a general rule, if a nurse records in a patients medical record that a
prescribed treatment was given when in fact it was not given, who would be
liable? Answer - The NURSING home administrator (p. 106)
In healthcare, a duty owed is commonly defined in terms of Answer -
Standards of care (p. 106)
Which of the following would be considered assault? Answer - An employee
threatens a coworker with punching gestures in the parking lot (p. 107)
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