ATI RN
Public Health Questions Regarding Policy and Law Questions
Question 1 of 5
In order for a patient to recover damages due to negligence, each of the following elements must be present EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Negligence requires duty, breach, injury, and proximate cause; nonfeasance (failure to act) is a type of breach but not a required element itself.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following patients is incompetent and should receive medical care against his or her expressed wishes?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The unresponsive patient is incompetent due to unconsciousness and requires life-saving care; the others are competent despite their refusals.
Question 3 of 5
Physicians have obligations to report all the following EXCEPT
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Substance abuse reporting is not universally mandated unless it involves specific circumstances (e.g., child endangerment).
Question 4 of 5
All the following principles are among the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) guidelines for ethical research EXCEPT
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: DHHS guidelines do not mandate compensation; it's optional and not a core ethical principle.
Question 5 of 5
One of your patients who has metastatic breast cancer develops shortness of breath. She presents to the emergency department, where you diagnose pericarditis, which is confirmed by echocardiography. Soon after, cardiac tamponade occurs and she develops ventricular tachycardia and then ventricular fibrillation. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is unsuccessful. Despite your request, her family refuses an autopsy. How should you indicate the cause of death on the death certificate for this woman?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The underlying cause of death is metastatic breast cancer, which likely led to pericarditis and subsequent complications.