Medical assistants may not perform procedures for which they were not educated or trained. This is known as ________.
1) Duty of care.
2) Scope of practice.
3) Scope of duty.
4) Res ispa loquitur.
2) Scope of practice.
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Quotation marks should be used in a medical record for:
a. thoughts of the practitioner. b. questions posed by the practitioner. c. exact words of a patient. d. nothing, since they never should be used.
Kantian ethics is concerned with
a. rights. b. duties. c. happiness. d. the total amount of happiness in the world. e. privileges.
If a poison has been swallowed, the first step of care is to ____
A) dilute the poison with milk or water B) encourage the victim to vomit C) call a poison control center D) position the victim on his or her side
Which theory applies to a patient who refuses antibiotics for an upper respiratory infection and who later acquires pneumonia?
A) absolute negligence B) contributory negligence C) professional negligence D) third-party negligence