Ideal HomeHealth Care, LLC
Ethical Considerations Inservice / Post-Test
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1. Ethics provides a useful framework for understanding and dealing with conflicts and caregiving dilemmas.
a. True
b. False
2. An ethical dilemma exists when the best practice of the healthcare provider conflicts with the values of the patient, family, other health care providers or the larger non-medical community when providing care.
a. True
b. False
3. Name 3 values that commonly apply to medical ethics.
4. Framework for making ethical decisions include:
a. Analyze alternatives
b. Focus solely on your medical knowledge
c. Never consider a trade-off
d. Find common ground
e. Decide and act
f. All of the above
g. a, d, e
5. If there’s potential risk and the patient refuses common-sense advice that benefits their well-being, you:
(Circle correct answer)
a. Accept the patient’s choice and hope for the best
b. Force the patient to do what is in their best interest
c. Report the situation to your supervisor and their primary care physician
6. Some day-to-day ethical dilemmas we face in home health care include:
a. Assessing competency
b. Confidentiality issues
c. Time vs. money
d. All of the above
7. Informed consent has increased in importance because of the concept of: (Choose one)
a. Dignity
b. Justice
c. Truthfulness and honesty
8. What is beneficence?
a. “Treat others as you would like to be treated.”
b. Acting in the best interest of the patient
c. “Treat people based on the way they treat you.”
d. None of the above
9. What is non-malfeasance?
a. “First, do no harm”
b. Treating people with dignity
c. Acting in the best interest of the patient
d. Mislabeling groups or cultures
10. When morals are in conflict, the result can be:
a. A misunderstanding
b. People become assertive
c. An ethical dilemma or crisis
d. All of the above
e. None of the above