Health Sciences Post Test (Full-Time Staff ONLY)

Question 1

Select the true statements. Choose all that apply.

	HIPAA laws now impose greater penalties, including larger fines and potential litigation.
	Employees/students/faculty who breach privacy are disciplined, up to and including dismissal/termination.
	Employees/students/faculty who breach privacy could be sued, lose their professional license, and be reported to Office of Civil Rights.
	None of the above.

Question 2

Protected Health Information is anything that connects a patient to his or her health information.

	True
	False

Question 3

You think you may have violated the facility’s privacy policy (breach), you should:

	Say nothing. You do not want to jeopardize your standing in the program.
	Talk with a classmate about what would be the best course of action for you to take.
	Report to your clinical instructor, it is both a legal and ethical responsibility.

Question 4

If a person has the ability to access facility/clinical agency systems or applications, they have a right to view any information contained in that system or application.

	True
	False

Question 5

The doctor was making rounds and was paged. The doctor left the patient's medical record on the patient's bedside table. The patient asks you to hand him his record. What would you do?

	Explain that you would get the nurse and take the record.
	Leave the room.
	Pretend you didn't hear the question.
	Hand the patient his record.

Question 6

Your patient has a very interesting surgical wound site. You would like to take a picture to share in your post-conference. The patient says it is OK with him/her. What is the most appropriate action?

	Take the picture since it’s just for your post-conference group.
	Post the picture on your Facebook timeline.
	Do not take the picture - it is a HIPAA Privacy violation.

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