Professional Ethics & Scope of Practice Flashcards
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Mandatory reporting laws require midwifery assistants to report which of the following to authorities?
Answer: Suspected child abuse or neglect
All US states have mandatory reporting laws requiring healthcare workers to report reasonable suspicion of child abuse or neglect to child protective services.
Professional boundaries in the midwifery assistant role prohibit which of the following?
Answer: Entering into a personal romantic relationship with a current patient
Sexual or romantic relationships with patients violate professional boundaries, create a power imbalance, and are grounds for disciplinary action.
A CMA receives a gift from a grateful patient. The most ethically appropriate response is to:
Answer: Use institutional policy as guidance, typically accepting only small token gifts and declining valuable ones
Most professional guidelines allow accepting small token gifts that do not influence care, while valuable gifts should be declined to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest.
Documentation in patient medical records should always be:
Answer: Objective, accurate, timely, and legible
Medical records must be objective, accurate, completed in a timely manner, and legible to ensure continuity of care and legal defensibility.
Cultural competence in midwifery care requires that a CMA:
Answer: Recognize and respect diverse cultural beliefs related to birth and postpartum practices
Cultural competence involves acknowledging and accommodating patients' cultural beliefs about childbirth to provide respectful, patient-centered care.
A CMA is asked to witness a patient's informed consent signature. This means the CMA attests that:
Answer: The patient signed the form voluntarily and appeared competent
As a witness to a consent signature, the CMA only attests that the patient signed voluntarily and appeared to have decision-making capacity — not that full education was given.