The Nurse Educator Is Preparing an In-Service Program to Review

question 15

Multiple Choice

The nurse educator is preparing an in-service program to review laws applicable for patient care.Which law should the educator include that was established to protect a patient's medical and personal information?

• A) Medicare
• B) Patients' Bill of Rights
• C) Department of Health and Human Services regulations
• D) Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

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Definitions:

Clutch Size

The number of eggs laid or offspring produced by an animal, particularly birds, at one time or during one breeding session.

Directional Selection

is a type of natural selection that favors one extreme phenotype over others, causing a shift in allele frequency over time.

Genetic Drift

A mechanism of evolution that results in random changes in the frequency of alleles within a population over time.

Allele Frequencies

The proportion of different alleles of the same gene within a given population.