Test Bank - Chapter 02 Q1: Which of the following is not a benchmark of respect in the health professional and patient relationship? A. Evidence of the health professional‘s attention to the patient’s discomfort due to the circumstance that has brought the patient into the relationship B. Actions that demonstrate the health professional’s trustworthiness C. Professional conduct that reflects the professional’s commitment to treating each person with dignity D. Evidence that the health professional’s right to expect respect from the patient is being honored because of the professional’s elevated societal position (Correct) Rationale: Evidence that the health professional’s right to expect respect from the patient is being honored because of the professional’s elevated societal position is not a benchmark of respect in the health professional and patient relationship. Societal position is meaningless to others if the health care professional does not both profess and convincingly apply it. The other answer choices are benchmarks of respect in the health professional and patient relationship.
Q2: The most important means by which trust is brought about in the health professional and patient relationship is for the professional caregiver to: A. try to develop a personal intimacy with the patient so that the patient can treat the health professional as a friend. B. decide first which member of the interprofessional care team should treat the patient. C. focus on applying skills within ones scope of competence with the goal of addressing the patient’s health related needs. (Correct) D. avoid offering hope because you never know what is going to happen. Rationale: The most important means by which trust is brought about in the health professional and patient relationship is for the professional caregiver to focus on applying skills within one’s scope of competence with the goal of addressing the patient’s health related needs. A health professional is considered trustworthy when a patient is helped to feel secure not only in the professionals’ technical skills and decisions but can rely on them to support fuller participation in decisions about personal health and well-being. The other answer options do not bring about trust in the health professional and patient relationship.
Q3: Integrity, a component of a health professional and patient relationship built on respect, is: A. essential for only long-term relationships because time is needed to build it. B. perceived by the patient as a high level of consistency between what the professional says and does. (Correct) C. a character trait of individuals but not teams or systems; there is no such thing as collective integrity. D. recognizable by conduct highlighting the professional’s awareness of the transference and countertransference inevitably present in every health professional and patient relationship.
Health Professional and Patient Interaction 10e Haddad Test Bank