20 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 20
What are key features that the RHPA includes?
It provides direction to inndividuals who hold, collect, or disclose personal health
information (PHI)
It gives a patient (or substitute decision maker) the right to know their PHI
-create a care plan with client to meet clients needs
-following care plan
-recognizing that certain practice settings require more vigilance to maintain boundaries
(home care, etc)
-scope of practice
-controlled acts
-Health regulatory colleges
-Health Professions Regulatory Advisory Council
-Health Professions Appeal and Review Board
The act that is the governing framework for all 27 regulated health professions including
nursing in Ontario.
It sets the rules for registration, discipline, and complaints, etc.
, Term 2 of 20
What is the code of conduct?
1) performing a prescribed procedure below dermis or mucous membrane
2)adminitrating a substance by injecting or inhaling
3) putting an intrument behind: nasal passages, ear canal, latynx, opening of urethra,
beyond labia majora, beyond anal verge, and into an artifical opening to the body
4) treating, delivered through therapeutic care (mental)
5) dispensing a drug
activites are potentially harmful if performed by an unqualified person.
-the accountabilities all nurses in ontario have with clients, collegues, employers, and
the public.
-They must uphold the practice standards.
-outlines safe and ethical requirments
-what people can expect form nurses
If ordered by a doctor, dentist, midwife, etc. or if initiated by an RN/RPN in accordance
with conditions identified in regulation.
Term 3 of 20
What was the RHPA intended to do?
-Establishing requirements for entry to practice
-Articulating and promoting practice standards
-Administering its quality assurance program
-Articulating and promoting practice standards
-serve and protect the public
-be a more open and accountable system of self-goverence
-provide more modern framework
-provide consumers freedom of choice
-provide mechanisms to improve quality of care
part of the RHAP- there are two elements (general scope of practice statement and
controlled/authorized acts)
The scope of practice states the role of the profession and the methods it uses
-spending more time with a client
-dressing differently for a client
-changing assignments to go care for a certain client
-visiting them outside of work or visiting hours
-sharing personal info with client