SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN HEALTHCARE Choose the best possible answer for each question and mark your answers on the self-assessment answer sheet at the end of this book. There is a required score of 70% or better to receive a certificate of completion.
21. Which of the following behaviors does not represent sexual harassment? A. Discussing a sexual relationship with co-workers. B. Giving an unwanted neck-rub to a co-worker. C. Making jokes referring to sexual acts or sexual orientation. D. Holding a door for a co-worker. 22. Which is the most common category of sexual harassment? A. Gender harassment. B. Unwanted sexual attention. C. Sexual coercion. D. Repeated advances. 23. To be classified as sexual harassment, which of the following must occur? A. Behavior must be performed by a male against a female. B. Physical touch must occur. C. A financial raise or professional promotion must occur. D. The behavior should be unwelcome by the target individual. 24. In the health care workplace, sexual harassment is performed most often by which of the following? A. Patients. B. Attending physicians. C. Medical student. D. Hospital administrators.
26. Potential professional consequences of women experiencing sexual harassment include:
A. Increase in job satisfaction. B. Increased work productivity. C. Loss of employment. D. Increase in salary.
27. Which is not a potential psychological outcome of sexual harassment? A. Burnout. B. Increased alcohol use. C. Disordered eating. D. Improved sleep. 28. A positive organizational climate can help reduce sexual harassment using which of the following approaches? A. Development of a sexual harassment training program. B. Ensuring frequent overnight work “retreats”. C. Providing alcoholic beverages at work holiday parties. D. Enforcing a “zero-tolerance” policy for sexual harassment. 29. What is the name of the Illinois statute which provides an outline for sexual harassment prevention training? A. Illinois human rights act. B. Anti-sexual harassment act. C. Equal employment opportunity commission. D. Whistleblower act. 30. Which of the following would be an appropriate response by a health care provider to sexual harassment by a patient? A. Ignoring the behavior until it occurs on multiple occasions. B. Reducing the cost of health care services in exchange for the patient perpetrator to cease their harassment. C. Assessing for safety first, then clearly and firmly asking the patient to stop their behavior. D. Verbally and physically threaten the patient.
25. Which of the following is not a characteristic of the health care workplace which increases the risk of
sexual harassment to occur? A. Male-dominated environment. B. Organizational tolerance for sexually harassing behavior. C. Presence of female academic faculty. D. Hierarchical and dependent relationships between faculty and their trainees.
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