BUSI 302 quiz 4 Employment, Genetics, and Lifelong Healthcare Ethics solutions complete answers

BUSI 302 quiz 4 Employment, Genetics, and Lifelong Healthcare Ethics solutions complete answers 

 

In the revision to the Hazard Communication Standard, OSHA created a new name for Material Safety Data Sheets. What is the new acronym?



Which of the following may be used as evidence of just cause for termination, should a wrongful discharge lawsuit be filed against an employer?



For which of the following reasons did pagan tribes begin the custom of covering the face of the deceased with a sheet?

 

Which of these ARE true about living wills?



The Patient Self Determination Act provides for:



A medical order, written by a physician, that instructs health care providers about emergency care for a patient when the patient has stopped breathing is known as a(an)

 

Technically, it can be said that death results from a lack of

 

According to a survey done by Pew Research Center in 2013, the percentage of people with an incurable disease who would tell the doctor to stop treatment so they could die

 

Which of the following is not an organ that can be transplanted?

 

Which of the following occurs in Stage 5 of Elisabeth Kübler-Ross's grieving process?

 

According to the information on cancer.gov (January 2019) approximately how many people in the United States may be cancer survivors?

 

The Bloodborne Pathogen Standard is designed to protect health care workers against which of the following?

 

What does the American Association of Colleges of Nursing now require in undergraduate nursing programs?

 

A patient asks his physician "Can you help me die in peace?" The physician agrees to withhold medical treatment for this patient. This is an example of what type of euthanasia?

 

Which of the following information should not be included on an employee’s W-2 form?

 

OSHA standards for medical settings and health care workers are often influenced by, or associated with, guidelines issued by

 

A practice manager is interviewing a medical assistant for a new position in the office. Which of the following information can an employer legally ask of a prospective employee?

 

Quid pro quo is prohibited under the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) definition of sexual harassment. Which of the following is an example of this type of harassment?

 

The OSHA Ionizing Radiation Standard applies to all medical and dental offices that have

 

Which of the following specifically states that any equipment that may pose a health risk is included as a hazard?

 

The CDC publishes an online guide for preventing transmissions of infectious agents. This guide is intended for

 

Safety Data Sheets (SDS) are

 

How many chromosomes are normally found inside the nucleus of every human cell except egg and sperm cells?

 

Which of the following types of adoption generally involves placing children who have been orphaned or whose parents have lost or relinquished parental rights through abuse, abandonment, or the inability to support them?

 

The question of who may patent genes was decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2013. What was the decision?

 

Scientists are able to manipulate DNA within the cells of plants, animals, and other organisms to ensure that certain advantageous traits will appear and be passed on, or that certain harmful traits are eliminated. What is the term for this process?

 

Which of the following statements regarding stem cell use is true?

 

A persistent vegetative state (PVS) exists as a result of severe mental impairment, characterized by irreversible cessation of the higher functions of the brain, most often caused by damage to which of the following organs?

 

Passed in 1984, what does the National Organ Transplant Act address?

 

Which of the following is the legal term for an advance directive that specifies an individual’s end-of-life wishes for medical treatment without necessarily appointing a designee to make legal decisions for him or her?

 

A medical board subspecialty in hospice and palliative care requires a physician to be board certified in a specialty such as internal medicine, surgery, or family medicine. What is(are) the other requirement?

 

Which of the following organizations reimburse health care providers with a focus on making a profit?

 

Professional health care organizations are stakeholders in the health care system. They provide

 

Expenditures for residential care facilities, ambulance providers, medical care delivered in nontraditional settings such as senior citizens centers, schools and military field stations, and expenditures for the Home and Community Waiver Programs under Medicaid represent what percentage of the costs of health care?

 

 

 

The Bloodborne Pathogen Standard is designed to protect health care workers against which of the following:           

A bonded employee in a medical office embezzles money from the employers. In most situations, from whom will the money ultimately be recovered?              

An employee of a hospital is injured on the job and files for workers’ compensation. Which of the following type of state compensation benefits would be available to this injured worker?          

An employee of a nursing home is injured on the job while lifting patients. She believes her back has been injured, but not badly. What is the initial action she should be taking after hurting her back?            

Employees in medical facilities often use hazardous materials in their workplace. Which of the following is a guideline for safely handling these materials?               

An employee who is laid off from his job files for unemployment insurance. Which of the following accurately describes the management of unemployment funds available to this worker?            

Federal and state workers’ compensation laws establish procedures for compensating workers who are injured on the job. Which of the following accurately describes an aspect of these laws?                 

In 2012, OSHA published the first major revision to the Hazard Communication Standard. What was the main purpose of the revision?          

In the revision to the Hazard Communication Standard done in 2012, OSHA created a second name for Material Safety Data Sheets. What is the new acronym?           

Many states have right-to-know laws. These laws offer employees:                

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) are          

A nursing home administrator sets up programs to give preferential treatment for minorities. This is being done because the current workforce at the nursing home is predominantly white. What is the term for this policy?             

OSHA has five priorities. Which of the following lists those priorities in order?           

An OSHA inspector finds that a hospital lab is operating under unsafe conditions that could endanger the lives of employees. What is the initial action that would be taken by the inspector?              

OSHA standards for medical settings and healthcare workers are often influenced by, or associated with, guidelines issued by:                 

A practice manager fires a medical assistant and cannot provide a legal reason for the dismissal. This is an example of which of the following:                 

A practice manager is interviewing medical assistants for several new positions in an expanding medical practice. Which of the following is not a recommended guideline for conducting the interviews?                   

The primary source of information for OSHA standards is                 

Sarah is starting a new job as a medical assistant at a local clinic. Under OSHA regulations, what must her employer offer her as part of her employment?             

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers which of the following?            

When must manufacturers have all products labeled to be aligned with the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)?                

Which of the following acts mandated that employers maintain a sharps injury log and involved non-managerial employees in selecting safer medical devices?            

Which of the following federal laws makes it illegal to discriminate in hiring or firing because of union membership or organizational activities?               

Which of the following is an OSHA guideline for disposal of medical waste material?             

Which of the following is needed for a claimant to file for unemployment benefits?              

Which of the following is not an area of questioning appropriate for the employer to ask a job applicant?                

Which of the following is not a requirement of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)?                  

Which of the following may be used as evidence of just cause for termination should a wrongful discharge lawsuit be filed against an employer?            

Which of the following occurs when an OSHA compliance officer informs an employer the business is subject to “failure to abate” alleged violations?              

Which of the following wage and hour laws provides for overtime pay and a minimum wage?           

 

 

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of which factors

 

The ________ has set guidelines for wearing protective equipment when performing tasks that may involve contact with blood, tissue, or body fluids.                 

Follow maximum quality standards for lab testing                

OSHA standards mandate that employees do which of the following?            

What aspect of OSHA standards specifically protect workers in the health care industry?                  

What does the abbreviation “CLIA” stand for?            

What is the next best course of action in this situation?                   

Which of the following bans discrimination against persons with disabilities in the workplace and mandates equal access for workers who are disabled?             

Which of the following is required to prove citizenship/legal right to work in the United States?                  

          Why should health care practitioners constantly check their work habits and equipment—perhaps more so than in other occupations?               

 

 

A 17-year-old female lives with her parents and meets the requirements to give informed consent to have a small basal cell carcinoma removed. Which of the following would this teenager be considered?               

Amniocentesis is what type of genetic testing?          

The children in a family all have blue eyes. The biological parents also have blue eyes. The science that explains these similarities is called:               

The combination of proteins called nucleotides that are arranged to make up each human is known as which of the following?                 

A fertility specialist brings an infertile couple’s eggs and sperm together in a test tube and when fertilization occurs, he transplants the resulting embryo back into the female uterus. What is the term for this type of fertilization?                 

A gene that predisposes a woman to breast cancer has been discovered by scientists. Women who are tested to see if this gene is present are using what type of genetic testing?           

How are the chromosomes that make up the human genome inherited from parents?           

The Human Genome Project, funded by the U.S. government, was started in 1990. What was the purpose of this project?          

In 1996, a federal law was passed that prevents health insurers from denying coverage based on genetic information for individuals moving between group health insurance plans. This federal law is known as:              

In 2008, what federal law was passed that prohibits discrimination in employment based on genetic information?              

An infertile couple who is adopting a child locates a birth mother and then asks an agency to take over the adoption process. This is an example of what type of adoption?           

Infertility is considered to be the failure to conceive in how many months or longer?            

The medical examiner is attempting to eliminate a suspect in a crime. What type of DNA testing might the medical examiner do?            

A new mother leaves her infant daughter in a safe place at a nurse’s station in a hospital. This mother is protected from legal prosecution or with reduced legal prosecution by what legislation?           

An obstetrician is caring for a young woman who wants to undergo genetic testing prior to becoming pregnant. What would be the best response to this patient?                

One type of genetic engineering that is extremely controversial is cloning. Which of the following statements accurately describes an aspect of this process?           

Partially due to a study done by Harvard Medical School’s Lisa N. Geller, there are now laws in place to prevent:               

A permanent change in DNA is the usual cause of genetic diseases. What is the term for this harmful effect?            

A physician is using somatic gene therapy for a patient with a severe genetic disorder. What is involved in this process?                   

The process by which traits are passed on to offspring is known as               

A state agency removes a 10-year-old male child from the home of parents who abused him. What is the name of the legal doctrine that allows the state to act in the best interest of the child?           

Stem cells that develop into neuronal tissues could be used to treat patients with which of the following conditions/disorders?            

A teenager who is pregnant receives an abortion without parental notice due to “judicial bypass.” What does this term signify?              

Transplanting animal tissues and organs into humans is called xenotransplantation. Which of the following is one difference that makes this process problematic?                   

Which of the following accurately describes the difference between a traditional and gestational surrogate mother?                   

Which of the following do chromosomes normally carry that are responsible for all human characteristics from eye, skin, and hair color to height, body type, and intelligence?               

Which of the following is an objective of cloning farm animals?                   

Which of the following is a right guaranteed to emancipated minors?            

Which of the following is true regarding the legal rights of newborns in the United States?              

Which of the following legislation allows physicians to legally withhold treatment, including food and water, from infants who are chronically and irreversibly comatose?           

          A young infertile couple asks their physician about adopting a baby. Which of the following statements is true regarding the process of adoption?                  

 

 

according to a survey done by Pew Research Center in 2013, the percentage of people who say that there are sometimes circumstances where a patient should be allowed to die is           

ARNPs and ______ may earn certificates in palliative care                  

bereavement services are available through ______ care to help patients discuss such issues as preparing a will and planning a funeral and to help surviving family members cope with grief and loss after the patient dies.                  

for what reason did pagan tribes begin the custom of covering the face of the deceased with a sheet?                   

how is a health care power of attorney different than a durable power of attorney?              

in 1967, what entity devised the original living will?               

palliative care programs are available in hospitals. in the united states, what is the approximate percentage of large hospitals (300 + beds) that have palliative care programs?                

the patient self determination act provides for           

the right to die first became a matter for the courts to deliberate in 1976, with the death of             

What are the 5 stages of grief?          

what aspect of death and dying did the late Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, MD, describe?/               

what correctly describes an aspect of hospice care?              

what does the abbreviation DNR stand for?              

what is an example of an advance directive?              

what is recommended of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, which all states accepted, allowing individuals to donate their bodies or body parts, after death, for use in transplant surgery, tissue banks, or medical research or education           

what is the term for care that consist of providing relief to terminally ill patents through symptom and pain management which keeps them comfortable in their final time?                   

what is the term for care that consists of treatment and procedures directed toward curing a patient’s disease?                 

what organ is not an organ that can be transplanted?           

which act requires that written information be provided to patients regarding their rights under state law to make medical decisions and execute advance executives?               

 

 

A 1995 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that nearly 4 out of every 10 terminally ill patients spend at least how many days in intensive care connected to life-sustaining machines?

A. 10

B. 5

C. 8

D. 2               

A 2010 British study that surveyed 8,500 physicians found that their religious beliefs often affected the quality of end-of-life care administered. According to this study, which of the following physicians would be most likely to discuss comfort care only for critically ill patients?

A. A physician who was raised a Catholic

B. A physician who was raised in the Jewish faith

C. A physician who is an agnostic

D. A physician who believes in God               

According to the Uniform Determination of Death Act, which of the following is a criteria for death?

A. Irreversible coma occurs

B. Entire brain ceases to function

C. Circulation has increased

D. Breathing is labored           

Americans are concerned that modern technology may prolong death beyond the point where quality of life may be maintained, depriving the patient the right to die. This concern led to the first_____________________, created and made available to the public by attorney Luis Kutner, who founded the Euthanasia Society              

The Center to Advance Palliative Care, based in New York, provides information to help patients and their families receive care that addresses all of the patient’s needs. According to the organization’s statistics, what percent of U.S. hospitals provide palliative care?

A. 25%

B. 33%

C. 58%

D. 76%           

Educational facilities have recognized the importance of teaching end-of-life care to health care practitioners. This study of death and psychological methods of coping with it is called _______________________              

For patients to be eligible for hospice care, physicians usually must certify that they are not expected to live beyond how many months?

A. 3

B. 6

C. 9

D. 12             

For which of the following patients would palliative care be most appropriate?

A. A 28-year-old female with breast cancer

B. A 35-year-old male with incurable pancreatic cancer

C. A 60-year-old male with prostate cancer

D. A 10-year-old female with leukemia           

Grief is the human reaction to _________________          

How is a health care proxy different from a durable power of attorney?

A. A health care proxy must be an attorney.

B. A health care proxy cannot make medical decisions.

C. A health care proxy must be related to the designee.

D. A health care proxy can only make health care decisions.              

In 1981 the _____________________________Act was proposed by the President’s Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical Research working in cooperation with the American Bar Association, the American Medical Association, and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.          

Individuals need to plan ahead to be prepared for the time when they or their legal representatives may have to make decisions about medical treatment, including the use of life-sustaining measures. The act that addressed this concern was the _________Act passed in 1990             

In hospice, patients receive coordinated care at home by _____________________ teams composed of physicians, nurses, social workers, home health aides, pharmacists, physical therapists, clergy, volunteers, and family members               

The l989 Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act serves as a guideline for state legislatures in constructing laws addressing which of the following?

A. Advance directives

B. Right to die

C. Euthanasia

D. Palliative care                   

A patient diagnosed with a terminal illness is in the first stage of grief described by Roberta Temes, PhD. This individual is experiencing __________________.                 

A patient is on a waiting list for a kidney. This patient is on the national waiting list maintained by the _________________Network.                 

A patient who is a victim of a car accident has severe mental impairment, with irreversible cessation of the higher functions of the brain. The medical term for this state is ___________________________state.                  

A patient who is dying is receiving palliative care in the hospital. The goal of this type of care is to provide ______________and maintain the highest possible quality of life             

A patient who is dying of lung cancer has stated that she does not want to be revived if her heart stops. This patient’s request is called a _________________________order                  

A person signs up to be an organ donor through his driver-licensing agency. Which of the following is true regarding the process of organ donation?

A. Costs of organ donation are born by the donor.

B. Organ donors must be over 18 years old.

C. A donor’s name is released to recipients only if both parties agree to it.

D. Laws exist that would compel a person to donate an organ against his or her will.            

A physician delivers a lethal dose of morphine to a terminally ill patient who asked to be helped to die in peace. This physician has participated in _____________________

suicide.          

A physician is caring for a patient who asks him “Can you help me die in peace?” The physician agrees to withhold medical treatment for this patient. This is an example of what type of Euthanasia?

A. Active

B. Passive

C. Involuntary

D. Physician-assisted              

A physician suggests hospice care for a patient with aggressive brain cancer that is not responding to curative care. Which of the following is true about hospice care?

A. The care occurs in a hospice facility that is separate from other medical facilities.

B. It focuses on relieving pain using alternative comfort measures instead of medications.

C. It is not designed to meet the emotional needs of the patient or family.

D. It is not designed to target the underlying disease process.           

_______________________ services are also available through hospice care to help patients discuss such issues as preparing a will and planning a funeral, and to help surviving family members cope with grief and loss after the patient dies                   

The six-year Study to Understand Prognoses and Preferences for Outcomes and Risks of Treatment (SUPPORT) conducted by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 1996, showed that more than what percent of people dying in hospitals suffered from uncontrolled pain, and that decisions to medicate were inappropriately timed?

A. 25%

B. 30%

C. 50%

D. 75%           

A terminally ill patient decides he no longer wants to receive medical treatment and wishes to die in peace. All states have a form of _______________________law that allows patients to make these decisions            

A terminally ill patient designates his wife to make legal decisions in his behalf. This advance directive is called a(n) ________________power of attorney                 

Treatments included in____________________ care include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and other treatments and procedures, and may be used more aggressively as a patient’s disease progresses.          

What are Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s 5 stages of the grieving process?               

What aspect of death and dying did the late Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD describe?

A. Grieving rituals

B. Religious aspects of death and dying

C. Coping methods of persons who are grieving

D. Impact of the death of a relative on the family structure               

Which of the following correctly describes an aspect of hospice care?

A. It does not provide bereavement care; patients are referred to clergy for this care.

B. Interdisciplinary care is not available to patients on hospice care.

C. Hospice care is not reimbursed by Medicare or Medicaid.

D. Most in-home hospice programs are independently run.               

Which of the following is an example of a person who is experiencing the third stage of grief according to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD?

A. A person who is dying asks God to keep her alive to see the birth of her grandchild.

B. A terminally ill person seeks another doctor because she doesn’t believe her diagnosis.

C. A person who is dying is angry at God for the loss of control over her life.

D. A person who is dying feels hopeless and cries frequently.            

Which of the following is a recommendation for talking to a dying patient (adapted from “I Don’t Know What to Say...”: How to Help and Support Someone Who Is Dying (Little, Brown, 1989), by oncologist Dr. Robert Buckman)?

A. Do not ask if the person wants to talk, just begin the conversation.

B. Do not use silence or nonverbal communication as these may be misconstrued.

C. If you are uncomfortable, admit it and change the subject.

D. Do not give unsolicited advice because it stops the dialogue.                  

Which of the following is not a goal of palliative care?

A. Helping a patient with a serious illness live a more fulfilling life

B. Using current research studies to effect a cure for a terminal illness

C. Providing symptom management to a patient with a terminal illness

D. Using pain management to promote comfort for a patient with a terminal illness              

Which of the following is not considered an advance directive?

A. Living will

B. Durable power of attorney

C. Health care proxy

D. Voluntary suicide              

Which of the following is one of the provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act?

A. Any person over 21 who is of sound mind may make a gift of his or her body

B. Donations made through a legal will are subject to probate.

C. Donors may not revoke the gift, and gifts may not be rejected.

D. Except in autopsies, the donor’s rights override those of others.               

Which of the following statements best describes the term “grief”?

A. Grief is an emotion felt when a loved one dies.

B. Grief is the human reaction to loss.

C. Grief is the process that occurs after resolution takes place.

D. Grief is general sadness that occurs when things go wrong.           

 

 

Autopsies must be performed in cases in which the death is suspicious or due to homicide. Which of the following is true regarding current trends in performing autopsies?                 

An early custom for mourners was to go barefoot and to wear sackcloth and ashes. What was the purpose of this practice?                  

From which ancient custom do wakes held today originate?              

How is a health care proxy different than a durable power of attorney?          

Increasingly, schools that train health care providers are offering courses in thanatology. What is the focus of this course of study?                   

A patient dies under suspicious conditions. Which of the following might occur to determine cause of this patient’s death?           

A patient has been diagnosed with incurable lung cancer and it is determined that death is imminent. What type of care would best serve this patient?               

A Persistent vegetative state(PVS) exists as a result of severe mental impairment, characterized by irreversible cessation of the higher functions of the brain, most often caused by damage to which of the following organs?           

The right to die first became a matter for the courts to deliberate in 1976, with the death of:           

States have their own criteria for determining when death actually occurs, but most have adopted the definition of brain death proposed by which of the following?                 

What may be the consequential result of autopsies performed in hospitals to confirm or correct clinical diagnoses?                   

What was the purpose of the creation of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act?               

What was the significance of placing a funeral wreath on a coffin in pagan times?                

Which of the following in not an organ that can be transplanted?                

Which of the following was the goal of the Organ Donation and Recovery Improvement Act, passed in 2004?            

Which state law was the first state law passed to permit physician-assisted suicide in certain circumstances?             

 

 

According to the 2015 AHRQ report on quality and disparities,          

According to the 2015 AHRQ report on quality and disparities, patient safety improved to include:               

According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, which of the following contributes to the rising cost of health care?           

The AHRQ Report for 2015 indicated that                

The branch of molecular biology concerned with the structure, function, evolution, and mapping of genomes is known as                 

CRISPR-Cas9 is a(n)               

Employers hope to contract with health care providers who can deliver quality services at a reasonable cost because they provide which of the following to their employees?                  

The federal Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion collects data about patient well-being in a survey called            

For fair access to health care to exist, there must be which of the following?             

For the calendar year 2015, hospital care represented what percentage of the cost of health care?               

The goal of "shared responsibility" in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is to               

How many priorities does the National Quality Strategy have?           

Infant mortality is one major measure of a country's health system. The United States infant mortality rate is            

Life expectancy at birth for Americans in 2015 was approximately                 

Medicaid covers what percentage of health care costs in the United States?              

Medicaid is financed by                   

Medical products made from a variety of natural sources (human, animal, or microorganism) are known as               

The National Quality Strategy set forth by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has three broad aims for the improvement of health care. They are            

Personalized medicine is the products and services that leverage which two sciences?           

Point-of-care testing's primary benefit is                   

Private health insurance covers what percentage of health care costs in the United States?               

Programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, the Military Health System, the Veterans Health Administration, the Indian Health Service, and the State Children's Health Insurance Program help to pay the costs of health care services. What healthcare stakeholder is involved in this concept?                 

The science that defines how individuals are genetically programmed to respond to drugs is called              

Since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA),            

The term that describes the amount of money that healthcare stakeholders spend on health care in the United States is                 

The total cost of health care in the United States is often expressed as a percentage of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). The GDP represents what percentage of the country's income for all goods and services?                 

Ultrasound devices are changing. The devices are now           

The use of this technique will allow the recreation of a solid object from a digital file that could help in drug testing and organ structure. It is known as               

What is the term for those individuals who have a vested interest in the health care industry?           

What must a nonprofit health insurance organization do if at the end of the budget year, they have made a profit?                   

Which of the following best defines the term birth rates within a population?            

Which of the following may be traded on the nation's stock market?             

Which of the following stakeholders are considered to be at the head of the list?