Employers are accountable for providing a safe and healthy workplace for employees by setting and enforcing standards. This environment is achieved by
... [Show More] providing training, outreach, education, and assistance. Which of the following regulatory agencies oversees this standard?
a. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
b. Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
c. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
d. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
A medical assistant witnesses a coworker knowingly commit an unlawful and wrongful act. The medical assistant should identify this act as which of the following types of negligence?
a. misfeasance
b. malpractice
c. malfeasance
d. misdemeanor
malfeasance
A medical assistant sees a coworker take a pain medication from a locked cabinet. The medical assistant knows that the coworker is a single parent who has a child who was recently injured. Which of the following types of ethical situation does this problem create for the medical assistant?
a. ethical dilemma
b. locus of authority issue
c. dilemma of justice
d. ethical distress
ethical distress
Which of the following moral codes should a medical assistant reference when facing an ethical dilemma?
a. AMA Code of Ethics
b. Hippocratic Oath
c. Code of Hammurabi
d. Percival's Code
AMA Code of Ethics
Which of the following is the legal document that states the life saving procedures a patient authorizes in the even he is incapable of verbalizing his desire for medical treatment?
a. organ and tissue donation consent
b. living will
c. durable power of attorney for health care
d. do not resuscitate order
living will
Once advance directives are in place, they can be updated at which of the following times?
a. never
b. any time
c. every 10 years
d. annually
any time
When designating a medical power of attorney, which of the following people is an acceptable choice for a health care proxy?
a. patients provider
b. executor of the patients will
c. member of the patients faith community
d. patients attorney
member of the patients faith community
A patient expresses to a medical assistant that he would like to designate his daughter as his health care proxy. Which of the following is the minimum age to be eligible as a health care proxy?
a. 14
b. 16
c. 21
d. 18
18
Which of the following provides instructions for an emergency medical technician to follow when transporting an elderly or critically ill patient?
a. Medical Order for Life Sustaining Treatment
b. Uniform Anatomical Gift Act
c. Patient Self Determination Act
d. Patients Bill of Rights
Medical Order for Life Sustaining Treatment
A medical assistant is assisting a provider with a gynecological examination. The patient says, "My religious beliefs do not allow me to use contraception." The medical assistant should expect the provider to make which of the following statements?
a. "you have the right to make choices regarding your health"
b. "you should reconsider you stance on contraception"
c. "I am you provider so you need to listen to my advice"
d. "
I am very concerned about the potential consequences to you health"
"you have the right to make choices regarding your health"
Which of the following gives patients the right over their health care information, including the right to receive a copy of their information, the right to ensure their medical records and correct, and the right to know who had access to their records?
a. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
b. Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
c. Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
d. Protected health information (PHI)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Which of the following entities must adhere to HIPAA guidelines?
a. workers compensation
b. public health authorities
c. state agencies
d. health care clearinghouses
health care clearinghouses
A medical assistant left a computer unlocked with a patients chart visible. Which of the following actions should the medical assistant take in the future to prevent unauthorized viewing of patient information?
a. place privacy filters on the monitor screen
b. set up encryption software
c. install firewalls
d. perform a records audit
place privacy filters on the monitor screen
A patient believes that her health care privacy has been violated. The patients complaint must be filed within how many days?
a. 30
b. 90
c. 180
d. 365
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