After four nurses retire, the small hospital has insufficient nurses to staff the hospital 24 hours a day, seven days per week. A nursing assistant begins to assume many nursing activities to help with the staffing problem
Who is breaking the law in this case? 1. Both the nursing assistant and the hospital.
2. The hospital, but not the nursing assistant.
3. The nursing assistant, but not the hospital.
4. Neither the nursing assistant nor the hospital.
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Explanation: 1. The nursing assistant is practicing outside his or her scope of practice. The hospital is allowing this to occur, so the hospital is also breaking the law.
2. The nursing assistant is practicing outside his or her scope of practice.
3. The hospital is allowing the nursing assistant to practice outside his or her scope of practice. This is breaking the law.
4. Both are breaking the law.
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