Ch10 Exam Questions Hospital Departments And Allied Health

Chapter 10 Hospital Departments and Allied Health Professionals

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The act that forbids Medicare participating hospitals from “dumping” patients out of emergency departments is ___________.

a. Emergency Labor Act

b. Good Samaritan Act of 1986

c. EMTALA

d. none of the above

2. A __________ is an allied health professional whose primary focus is to provide advanced emergency medical care for critical and emergent patients who access the emergency medical system.

a. pulmonologist

b. paramedic

c. internist

d. advanced practice nurse

3. The art and science of preventing and treating neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disabilities through the evaluation of an individual’s disability and rehabilitation potential is ___________.

a. activity therapy

b. physical therapy

c. respiratory therapy

d. podiatry

4. A high-risk department that tends to be a main source of lawsuits for hospitals is ___________.

a. respiratory therapy

b. radiology

c. laboratory

d. emergency

5. A health professional can be liable for a patient’s injuries sustained for attempting to carry out a procedure clearly ___________.

a. within his or her assigned task outlined in the job description

b. within his or her scope of ability to perform the assigned task and as permitted by law

c. beyond his or her capability to perform the assigned task

d. within his scope to perform the assigned task

6. An objective emergency care are is to ___________.

a. treat all patients with insurance the same

b. assess the needs of most patients

c. treat patients promptly to prevent deterioration in function and treat all patients regardless of ability to pay

d. begin treatment rapidly for insured patients

7. If a patient decides to leave an emergency department without notice because of a delay in being treated, the courts would generally hold ___________.

a. the nurse should have prevented the patient from leaving

b. the nurse should have encouraged the patient to make his or her own decision to leave

c. that the patient left the hospital without notice on his or her own accord and there is no liability on the part of the hospital if injury occurs as a result of leaving

d. the hospital should have apologized to the patient for the long wait

8. EMTALA requires that a Medicare-provider hospital ___________.

a. transfer all Medicare patients to a non-participating hospital

b. provide an appropriate medical screening examination to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists, stabilize the patient, and transfer to another facility if necessary

c. transfer the patient first and then stabilize the patient at the receiving hospital

d. be careful not to transfer the patient to a facility capable of meeting the patient's needs

9. Emergency department on-call specialists are expected to ___________.

a. be within a 2 hour flight from the hospital

b. rotate off the on-call schedule once annually

c. respond to calls generally within 36 hours of being contacted

d. respond to calls on a timely basis as required by policy

10. An organization's laboratory provides ___________.

a. data vital to a patient's treatment and provides valuable information for research studies

b. data to help monitor therapeutic ranges

c. data to measure blood levels for toxicity

d. all of the above

11. Under EMTALA emergency department patients should ___________.

a. be stabilized prior to transfer

b. transferred immediately

c. be referred to a clinic because of lack of insurance coverage

d. be asked to return when the emergency department is not so busy

12. An unlicensed person who provides administrative, clerical, and/or technical support to a licensed practitioner is a ___________.

a. physcian’s assistant

b. medical assistant

c. nurse practitioner

d. nurse specialist

13. Health care organizations are expected to provide patients with diets that ___________.

a. meet their individual requests

b. are prescribed, accurate, and monitored based on needs

c. are accurately monitored

d. are consistently inconsistent in nutritional value

14. The practice of pharmacy generally involves __________.

a. preparation of the hospital’s capital budget

b. reporting drug-drug interactions to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

c. collecting lab specimens

d. preparation, compounding, and dispensing of medications

15. Medication errors can be decreased by ___________.

a. ensuring handwriting is illegible

b. using felt-tip pens

c. writing abbreviations according to hospital policy

d. writing ambiguous orders

16. The allied health professional responsible for the treatment, management, diagnostic testing, and control of patients with cardiopulmonary deficits ___________.

a. physician’s assistant

b. nurse practitioner

c. respiratory therapy

d. physical therapist

17. The recognition by a governmental or professional association that an individual's expertise meets the standards of that group is referred to as a ___________.

a. license

b. registration

c. diploma

d. certification

18. Licensing boards have the authority to ___________.

a. revoke a license for professional or moral misconduct

b. suspend or revoke a license for professional conduct

c. revoke a license for legal conduct

d. revoke a license for performance of specific actions permitted by statute

19. The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 ___________.

a. places all substances that are regulated under existing federal law into I of IX schedules

b. places all substances that are regulated under existing federal law into one of five schedules

c. provides that Schedule IX drugs are the most dangerous drugs

d. provides that Schedule VII drugs are used for the most dangerous drugs

20. The Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 ___________.

a. is commonly known as the Controlled Substances Act

b. is the same as the Food and drug Administration Act

c. replaces virtually all preexisting state laws dealing with antibiotics

d. places all substances that are regulated under existing federal law into one of five schedules

21. Caregivers should be sure to ___________.

a. share patient information with all visitors

b. wash their hands at least twice during their shift

c. repair patient equipment regularly

d. be sure handwriting is legible

22. The ___________ of a medication is the processing of a drug for delivery or for administration to a patient pursuant to the order of an appropriately licensed health care practitioner.

a. procurement

b. dispensing

c. disposal

d. administration

23. The physical therapist is running behind schedule and is instructed to move patients through a physical therapy session more quickly. The patient says he needs to go to the bathroom but the therapist informs the 83-year-old patient that he will have to wait until after his 30 minute session. The therapist can be charged with __________ for refusing to allow a patient to go to the bathroom prior to starting a therapy treatment session.

a. persuasion

b. intent

c. fraud

d. neglect

24. The practice of __________ essentially includes preparing, compounding, dispensing, and retailing medications.

a. physical therapy

b. respiratory therapy

c. pharmacy

d. inhalation therapy

25. Although emergency rooms are considered vital to public safety, patients __________.

a. can be turned away if they entered the country illegally

b. can be turned away for not paying required insurance deductibles

c. cannot be turned away.

d. can be refused treatment for inability to pay