A coworker calls from home and asks you to sign his name on a patient chart that he forgot to sign after administering a medication. What should you do?
a. Sign his name.
b. Sign your name.
c. Sign both your names.
d. Refuse to sign either name.
d
FEEDBACK: a. Incorrect. It is illegal to sign someone else's signature.
b. Incorrect. It is illegal to sign your name on a medication you did not give.
c. Incorrect. It is illegal to sign someone else's signature even if you cosign it with your own.
d. Correct. You never sign charting for someone else.
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