If a Healthcare Professional Oversteps His or Her Scope of Practice

question 17

Multiple Choice

If a healthcare professional oversteps his or her scope of practice, which can occur?

• A) Loss of license
• B) License suspension
• C) Censure
• D) All of the above.

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Definitions:

Belief Perseverance

The tendency to maintain one's belief even in the face of contradictory evidence.

Overconfidence Phenomenon

A cognitive bias where a person's subjective confidence in their judgments is reliably greater than their objective accuracy.

Preconceptions

Ideas or opinions formed before having the evidence for their truth or usefulness, often acting as biases or assumptions.

Framing

In social psychology, the way information is presented to the audience, which influences the choices people make by highlighting certain aspects and downplaying others.