Part 8. Patient's Bill of Rights

Select All that apply: A patient is to receive treatment without discrimination as to all of the following EXCEPT:

1. Gender

2. Race

3. Color

4. Danger to staff or others

5. Highly contagious patients

6. Religion

7. Sex

8. National Origin

9. Inappropriate behavior

10. Disability

11. Sexual Orientation

12. Source of Payment

4. danger to staff or others

5. highly contagious patient

9. Inappropriate behavior

putting a patient in an unsafe environment would be in violation of which of the following in the patient bill of rights:

2. Receive treatment without discrimination

3. Receive considerate and respectful care

6. Know all names and positions and functions of the staff

7. Receive complete information

   9. Receive all information

11. Right to refuse tx

12. Right to review medical record

    16. Right to receive itemized bill

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True or False: You are allowed to hide the fact you are a student to a patient

False: A patient has a right to know all the names, position and functions of staff

True or False: If a patient does not want you to treat them because you are a student, they have a right to refuse treatment from you

True

A patient has a right to receive complete information about

1. Information about other patients

2. Their Treatment

3. Personal opinions of their providers

4. their diagnosis

5. How other patients have responded to the same treatment

6. their prognosis

2, 4, 6

True or False: It is ok for the doctor to hide an extremely rare side effect of the radiation treatment if he/she feels that it will deter the patient from receiving life-saving radiation treatment.

False: It is a patient’s right to receive all the information needed to give informed consent

True or False: If you refuse treatment, you have the right to know what effect this may have on your health

True

True or False: If you go to a learning hospital, you are automatically consenting to be a part of any research that hospital is a part of

False: you have the right to refuse to take part in a research

True or False: If you want to review your medical record, you may do so after a “Documentation-Release” charge that is at the discretion of the hospital.

False: you may review your medical record without charge, but the hospital may charge a reasonable fee. you cannot be denied a copy just cuz you cant pay

True or False: It is your right to receive an itemized bill and explanation of charges

True

Other stuff

Other stuff

def. a decision freely made by a competent adult (the patient or legal representative) after obtaining FULL knowledge & understanding of the risks, benefits and treatment options available.

term. informed consent

True or False: Informed consent is required for every procedure

False: It is required for any procedure that may be:

1. intrusive

2. carries significant risks

3. is part of a clinical trial or research study

What are the 5 components of informed consent?

1. Disclosure

2. Understanding

3. Competence of the consenting party

4. Voluntariness

5. Consent

Do U consent? (to me reading your) CV

True or False: If the patient tells you they do not want to hear the side effects of a procedure, informed consent is not required

True: Informed consent is not required when the patient chooses not to be informed or has prior knowledge

True or False: In an emergency situation informed consent is still required

False

True or False: The doctor in the following scenario is in violation of informed consent.

A patient comes to the doctor complaining of frequent tension headaches. After a full exam, the doctor finds no underlying medical issue — the headaches seem to be stress-related.

The patient insists that “nothing works unless it’s strong medicine.” So, the doctor prescribes a sugar pill, telling the patient:

“This is a new treatment that’s helped many people with your symptoms. Take it twice a day.”

The patient believes in the treatment, feels cared for, and reports that the headaches significantly improve.

False: IC is not required when the use of placebos may benefit the patient

True or False: If the doctor determines that informed consent will harm the patient or others, informed consent is not required

true

True or False: If a patient has consented to a study knowing that there is a 50/50 chance they are receiving a placebo, the doctor is required to tell the patient that they are receiving the placebo if the patient asks.

False: Informed consent does not apply to this situation

def. A competent adult decides not to have CPR performed if cardiac or respiratory failure occurs

term. DNR

DNR stand for

Do not resuscitate

DNR aka

No code order

Do RTT’s know when a patient is no code order? Should they know?

Yes

def. a document that allows people to take control over their future, which clearly states the wishes of a person initiating the will

Living Will

What document starts with” Being of sound mind, if I become incapacitated and there is no hope for my future recovery, I do not wish to be kept alive by extraordinary means”

Living Will

def. A legal document that appoints a person referred to as the health care agent, who has the authority to make critical decisions in the event that the initiator of the health care proxy becomes unable to make such critical decisions.

Health Care Proxy