Viveca, a Case Manager for People with Serious Physical Disabilities

question 71

True/False

Viveca, a case manager for people with serious physical disabilities, makes it a point to stop colleagues whenever they start talking about cases she has nothing to do with. She feels that although such information at times can be "juicy," it violates a professional's responsibility to maintain confidentiality among colleagues. This is the ethical thing to do.

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Definitions:

Anesthetic Drugs

Substances used to induce anesthesia, rendering the patient insensible to pain.

Novocain

A synthetic compound used as a local anesthetic in medical and dental procedures; it is often substituted for safer and more effective anesthetics today.

Sodium

A chemical element (Na) that is essential for life, involved in osmoregulation and nerve function.

All-Or-None Law

The principle that the strength of a response of a nerve cell or muscle fiber is not dependent upon the strength of the stimulus. If a stimulus is above a certain threshold, a nerve or muscle fiber will fire.