For which of the following actions would an employer be responsible under respondeat superior?
A. An employee assaults a patient in the parking lot.
B. An employee steals narcotic drugs from the medication room.
C. An employee accidently prescribes the wrong medication.
D. An employee knowingly defames the character of a patient.
E. An employee gets into an auto accident on their way home from work.
C. An employee accidently prescribes the wrong medication.
Employers are liable for the acts of their employees performed "within the course and scope" of employment if two elements are present. The employee must be engaged in the furtherance of the employer's business and must be acting within the scope of the business. If the act committed is purely personal, the employer is not liable.
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A) High blood sugar B) Confusion and irritability C) Intact gag reflex D) Authorization by medical direction
How does the risk for a mechanically ventilated patient to develop nosocomial pneumonia compare with a nonventilated hospitalized patient?
A. 3 to 2 times higher B. 5 times higher C. 10 to 12 times higher D. as much as 21 times higher
In the patient information packet, the office ________ policy should be included in the Patient Confidentiality Statement section.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following is the generic name of Omnipen®?
penicillin V amoxicillin dicloxacillin ampicillin