Module 4 Quiz: Legal Issues

Maria Consuelo Santos

Date / Time

Student Score

Passing Score

Result

September 5, 2016
80

80

Pass

6:29 pm

Module 4 Quiz: Legal Issues

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Question

Correct Answer Student Answer Result

Points
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Late entries of documentation

done after the death or serious
1
Suspicion
injury of a client are often viewed
as which of the following?

Suspicion

Correct 10

Which of the following is a major

Recording long
2 documentation problem area
after the event
according to lawyers?

Recording long
after the event

Correct 10

The defendant's lawyer tries to

prove that the actions of the care
provider are prudent, reasonable
3 and that there is no causal link
True
between the actions of the care
provider and the client's injury or
death.

True

Correct 10

From a legal standpoint, failure to Care was not

Care was not
4 document client care means
completed
completed
Correct 10
which of the following?
according to plan according to plan
Lawyers for the plaintiff are
attempting to prove that the
5 standard of care was breached
True
and that these breaches caused the
injuries or death.
6 Which of the following should

True

Correct 10

Who was at fault Who was at fault Correct 10

NOT be included in the client

record?
It is a medical
Which of the following is true
7
and legal
regarding a client's health record?
document

It is a medical
and legal
document

Correct 10

Lawyers may NOT request

8 records of a care provider's work False
history and education credentials.

True

Incorrect 0

A care standard
was not met

Correct 10

True

Correct 10

In Canada, lawsuits are generally

initiated within _____________
11
Two years
of an adverse event, except in the
case of a child or minor.

One year

Incorrect 0

A care provider's continuing

education activities may be
examined to see if he or she has
12
kept current as per employing
agency or facility policies and
procedures.

True

True

Correct 10

Which of the following

13 documents may be requested in
lawsuit?

Care provider
credentials, Shift
trades, Work
schedules,
Medication
records

Care provider
credentials, Shift
trades, Work
Correct 10
schedules,
Medication
records

It is generally NOT in your best

interests to keep which of the
14
following as they may be
demanded in a lawsuit.

Private notes on
client care

Private notes on
client care

Correct 10

15 Very few lawsuits go to trial.

True

False

Incorrect 0

From a legal standing, the client's

16 record becomes the evidence if a True
lawsuit is initiated.

True

Correct 10

Which of the following is

17 examined to reconstruct client
events by the legal team?

Progress notes

Correct 10

Which of the following describes A care standard

a breach in a standard of care?
was not met

Staff who have inadequate

10 keyboarding skills may do less
electronic documentation.

True

Progress notes

18 Why is it important to know and To protect you in To protect you in Correct 10

follow employer documentation case of a lawsuit case of a lawsuit

policies and procedures?

A plaintiff is the individual who is
19 being accused of wrong doing or False
incompetent care.

True

Incorrect 0

In a legal sense, electronic client

documents that require review
20
False
have advantages over paper
systems.

False

Correct 10