PNVN1111: Personal & Vocational
Concepts Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Accountability -
correct answer ✅Being responsible for one's own actions
Advocate -
correct answer ✅One who defends or pleads a cause or issue on
behalf of another
Doctrine of Informed Consent -
correct answer ✅The legal basis for informed consent, usually
outlined in a state's medical practice acts.
Liability -
correct answer ✅Legal responsibility
Abandonment of Care -
correct answer ✅Wrongful termination of providing patient care
Assault -
correct answer ✅Intentional threat to cause bodily harm to
another; does not have to include bodily contact
,PNVN1111: Personal & Vocational
Concepts Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Battery -
correct answer ✅Unlawful touching of another person without
informed consent
Competency -
correct answer ✅A legal presumption that a person who has
reached the age of majority can make decisions for herself or
himself unless proved otherwise (if she or he has been legally
declared incompetent)
Defamation -
correct answer ✅Spoken or written statements made maliciously
and intentionally that may injure the subject's reputation
Harm -
correct answer ✅injury to a person or the person's property that
gives rise to a basis for a legal action against the person who caused
the damage
Libel -
correct answer ✅A malicious or untrue writing about another
person that is brought to the attention of others
,PNVN1111: Personal & Vocational
Concepts Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Malpractice -
correct answer ✅Failure to meet a legal duty, thus causing harm to
another
Negligence -
correct answer ✅-The absence of due care
-The commission (doing) of an act or the omission (not doing) of an
act that a reasonably prudent person would have performed in a
similar situation, thus causing harm to another person
Slander -
correct answer ✅Malicious or untrue spoken words about another
person that are brought to the attention of others
Tort -
correct answer ✅A type of civil law that involves wrongs against a
person or property; torts include negligence, assault, battery,
defamation, fraud, false imprisonment, & invasion of privacy
, PNVN1111: Personal & Vocational
Concepts Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Who developed the Patient's Bill of Rights? -
correct answer ✅American Hospital Association
OBRA -
correct answer ✅(Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) A law
passed by the federal government that includes minimum
standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements,
resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for
residents.
List of minors that may consent for treatment: -
correct answer ✅-marriage
-court-approved emancipation
-living apart from parents or guardians for at least 60 days and
independent of parental support
-service in the armed forces
-treatment for STI's
-drug and alcohol abuse
-sexual assault
-family planning
Concepts Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Accountability -
correct answer ✅Being responsible for one's own actions
Advocate -
correct answer ✅One who defends or pleads a cause or issue on
behalf of another
Doctrine of Informed Consent -
correct answer ✅The legal basis for informed consent, usually
outlined in a state's medical practice acts.
Liability -
correct answer ✅Legal responsibility
Abandonment of Care -
correct answer ✅Wrongful termination of providing patient care
Assault -
correct answer ✅Intentional threat to cause bodily harm to
another; does not have to include bodily contact
,PNVN1111: Personal & Vocational
Concepts Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Battery -
correct answer ✅Unlawful touching of another person without
informed consent
Competency -
correct answer ✅A legal presumption that a person who has
reached the age of majority can make decisions for herself or
himself unless proved otherwise (if she or he has been legally
declared incompetent)
Defamation -
correct answer ✅Spoken or written statements made maliciously
and intentionally that may injure the subject's reputation
Harm -
correct answer ✅injury to a person or the person's property that
gives rise to a basis for a legal action against the person who caused
the damage
Libel -
correct answer ✅A malicious or untrue writing about another
person that is brought to the attention of others
,PNVN1111: Personal & Vocational
Concepts Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Malpractice -
correct answer ✅Failure to meet a legal duty, thus causing harm to
another
Negligence -
correct answer ✅-The absence of due care
-The commission (doing) of an act or the omission (not doing) of an
act that a reasonably prudent person would have performed in a
similar situation, thus causing harm to another person
Slander -
correct answer ✅Malicious or untrue spoken words about another
person that are brought to the attention of others
Tort -
correct answer ✅A type of civil law that involves wrongs against a
person or property; torts include negligence, assault, battery,
defamation, fraud, false imprisonment, & invasion of privacy
, PNVN1111: Personal & Vocational
Concepts Exam Questions & Answers
(Grade A+)
Who developed the Patient's Bill of Rights? -
correct answer ✅American Hospital Association
OBRA -
correct answer ✅(Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act) A law
passed by the federal government that includes minimum
standards for nursing assistant training, staffing requirements,
resident assessment instructions, and information on rights for
residents.
List of minors that may consent for treatment: -
correct answer ✅-marriage
-court-approved emancipation
-living apart from parents or guardians for at least 60 days and
independent of parental support
-service in the armed forces
-treatment for STI's
-drug and alcohol abuse
-sexual assault
-family planning
