Deck 7: Role Fidelity

Question 1

The term used to describe the process whereby the practitioner is attempting to get around the system and is willing to lie in the process is known as _________________________.

A) gaming the system
B) rounding the system
C) disparaging the system
D) misleading the system

Answer 1

gaming the system

Question 2

The basic principle that is sacrificed in gaming the system is ____________________.

A) beneficence
B) veracity
C) role fidelity
D) justice

Answer 2

veracity

Question 3

Most often professional groups operate under a legal ___________ act and develop a professional code of ethics to assist in self-regulation.

A) privacy
B) practice
C) protection
D) health insurance

Answer 3

practice

Question 4

An act or course of action that is required by one on the basis of moral position is termed ______________________.

A) role fidelity
B) morality
C) moral option
D) moral duty

Question 5

The power or right to choose among several alternatives on the basis of a moral question is termed ___________________.

A) role fidelity
B) morality
C) moral option
D) moral duty

Question 6

Which of the following is an act or course of action that is required by one on the basis of moral position?

A) role fidelity
B) morality
C) moral option
D) moral duty

Question 7

Which of the following is a process in which a patient or the patient's family is introduced to additional health resources in the community in which the referring practitioner has a financial interest?

A) self-promotion
B) joint venture
C) self-referral
D) medical utility

Question 8

The principle of ______________ requires that we remain within our scope of legitimate practice.

A) veracity
B) role fidelity
C) beneficence
D) maleficence

Question 9

A high-stress situation in which one finds oneself in another culture in which former behavior patterns are ineffective and one fails to understand the basic cues of social intercourse is termed __________________.

A) culture bias
B) ethnocentrism
C) culture shock
D) racism

Question 10

Match each item to the statement or situation listed below.

-A generic term used for a series of activities designed to get around the system (e.g., adjusting a diagnosis so as to receive the highest potential for a payment)

A) Gaming the system
B) Gatekeeping
C) Patient advocate
D) Scope of practice
E) Fiduciary relationship
F) Self-referral
G) Role fidelity
H) Disparagement

Question 11

Match each item to the statement or situation listed below.

-A whole series of activities needed to protect the profession from those who would misuse the appropriate functions of that specialty (e.g., the requirement that one professional report the misconduct of another)

A) Gaming the system
B) Gatekeeping
C) Patient advocate
D) Scope of practice
E) Fiduciary relationship
F) Self-referral
G) Role fidelity
H) Disparagement

Question 12

Match each item to the statement or situation listed below.

-The faithful practice of the duties contained in a particular practice

A) Gaming the system
B) Gatekeeping
C) Patient advocate
D) Scope of practice
E) Fiduciary relationship
F) Self-referral
G) Role fidelity
H) Disparagement

Question 13

Match each item to the statement or situation listed below.

-One who investigates and mediates patients' problems and complaints in relation to the health care services

A) Gaming the system
B) Gatekeeping
C) Patient advocate
D) Scope of practice
E) Fiduciary relationship
F) Self-referral
G) Role fidelity
H) Disparagement

Question 14

Match each item to the statement or situation listed below.

-A process in which a patient or the patient's family is introduced to additional health resources in the community in which the referring practitioner has a financial interest

A) Gaming the system
B) Gatekeeping
C) Patient advocate
D) Scope of practice
E) Fiduciary relationship
F) Self-referral
G) Role fidelity
H) Disparagement

Question 15

Match each item to the statement or situation listed below.

-A special relationship of loyalty and responsibility formed between the patient and the provider

A) Gaming the system
B) Gatekeeping
C) Patient advocate
D) Scope of practice
E) Fiduciary relationship
F) Self-referral
G) Role fidelity
H) Disparagement

Question 16

Match each item to the statement or situation listed below.

-To belittle, or criticize, the skill, knowledge, or qualifications of another professional

A) Gaming the system
B) Gatekeeping
C) Patient advocate
D) Scope of practice
E) Fiduciary relationship
F) Self-referral
G) Role fidelity
H) Disparagement

Question 17

Match each item to the statement or situation listed below.

-The tasks that are included within the practice of a specialty

A) Gaming the system
B) Gatekeeping
C) Patient advocate
D) Scope of practice
E) Fiduciary relationship
F) Self-referral
G) Role fidelity
H) Disparagement

Question 18

Compare and contrast the medical and nursing professions' codes of ethics.

Question 19

Review your specialty's code of ethics. Given that all health providers are in the business of providing health care, what distinguishes yours from the others? Explain your answer.

Question 20

State an ethically based rationale for forbidding sexual relations between patients and health care providers.

Question 21

State an ethically based rationale for discouraging conflicts of interest in our practices.

Question 22

Define disparagement, and state why it is a problem that is to be avoided in health care practice.

Question 23

Rewrite the CPR article written by the respiratory therapist found in the chapter. In the revision, attempt to avoid disparagement of the physicians yet convey the need for change.

Question 24

Review the case of the Idaho nurse found in the chapter. In that nursing has adopted a strong patient advocacy role for the profession, state whether you feel that the nurse's conduct was correct or in error. Explain your answer.

Question 25

Outline the ethical obligations that we have toward colleagues impaired by alcohol or drugs.

Question 26

Review the common functions of an ethics committee found in the chapter. Explain and defend why decision-making is not one of the functions.

Question 27

Explain the rationale for a profession's creating a code of ethics.

Question 28

Outline the importance of a scope of practice as it relates to practitioner activities.