Patient Rights and Ethics Flashcards
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Informed consent means the client:
Answer: Understands the care and agrees to it voluntarily
Informed consent requires the client to understand and voluntarily agree to care.
A client gives the HHA an expensive gift. The appropriate response is to:
Answer: Politely decline and explain agency policy
Accepting gifts can create ethical conflicts and usually violates agency policy.
Which is an example of a professional boundary violation?
Answer: Borrowing money from a client
Borrowing money from a client is an unethical boundary violation.
The HHA disagrees with a client's lifestyle choices. The HHA should:
Answer: Provide care without imposing personal beliefs
HHAs must provide nonjudgmental care regardless of personal beliefs.
HIPAA primarily protects a client's:
Answer: Health information privacy
HIPAA safeguards the privacy of clients' protected health information.
A client asks the HHA to perform a task outside their scope of practice. The HHA should:
Answer: Decline and refer to the supervising nurse
HHAs must work within their scope and refer tasks beyond it to the nurse.
Treating all clients equally regardless of race or religion reflects:
Answer: Nondiscrimination
Clients have the right to receive care free from discrimination.