An unlawful act or misconduct is ____. 

A. nonfeasance
B. misfeasance
C. malfeasance
D. res ipsa loquitur
E. respondeat superior


C. malfeasance
Malfeasance refers to an unlawful act or misconduct.

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You arrive on the scene of a motor vehicle collision. Walking toward you is the unrestrained driver of the vehicle that sustained moderate front-end damage. The patient complains of some back pain, but was walking around after the crash and does not have any neurological deficits. What is your initial action for managing this patient?

A) Take manual inline spinal stabilization. B) Look for injuries to the patient's back. C) Perform the primary assessment. D) Obtain the patient's vital signs.

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The horizontal position to immobilize a child is also referred to as the ________ position

Fill in the blank with correct word.

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Mental health services for individual psychodynamic psychotherapy would be reported with code ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A disease index organizes patient data according to:

A) CPT codes B) ICD-9-CM/ICD-10-CM disease codes C) ICD-9-CMICD-10-CM disease and procedure codes D) HCPCS codes

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