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

You can access your own medical record via the computer system during your assigned clinical hours in a clinical facility.

	True
	False

Question 3

A student or faculty member is assigned to a clinical agency. During your clinical experience hours, you may access the electronic medical record of your minor child because you are the legal guardian and the guarantor of payment.

	True
	False

Question 4

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 5

Your best friend's grandmother is in the hospital on the unit where you are observing. You overhear two nurses discussing the grandmother's condition. Should you tell your friend what you overheard when you are in the cafeteria having lunch?

	Yes - it's OK
	Just tell her a little bit - not the bad things.
	Don't know
	No - it is against HIPAA Privacy

Question 6

A nurse asks you to dispose of some old laboratory reports that fall under the category of PHI. Where is the correct place, under HIPAA Privacy, to dispose of them?

	Locked shred bin
	Regular trash
	Red trash bin

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