The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is a department headed by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Which of the following situations would be expected to be investigated by this department?
 
  a. Inaccessibility of the influenza shot
  b. Toxic spill near a school
  c. Outbreak of Salmonella
  d. Rubella exposure of a pregnant woman

Question 2

A nurse asks an attorney specializing in health care for examples of malpractice. Which of the following would the attorney give as examples of malpractice? Select all that apply.
 
  a. A nurse administers digoxin to the wrong patient, and the patient dies.
  b. A nurse hangs an IV after checking the label, but the pharmacist placed the wrongcontents in the IV, and the patient dies.
 c. A patient has been admitted to the hospital under an order of commitment, but she elopesand is killed by a drunk driver outside the hospital.
 d. A nurse does not restart an IV for a client in sickle cell crisis when the original IVinfiltrates. Lacking needed fluids, the patient dies.
 e. A nurse places a patient in restraints without a physician's order, and the patient
  suffocates while trying to get out of the restraints.
  f. A client is experiencing complications of labor, and the nurse contacts the physician
  while he is at a major fundraising event.

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Answer to Question 1

C

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A This is not within the auspices of the CDC.
B This is not within the auspices of the CDC.
C An outbreak of Salmonella is most likely from a contaminated food source and the source needs to be identified to prevent more injuries and deaths.
D This is not within the auspices of the CDC.

Answer to Question 2

A, C, D, E
Administering the wrong medication, restraining a patient without a physician's order, allowing a
client who is admitted to elope, and neglecting to restart the IV on a client in a sickle cell crisis can all
become situations of malpractice. The term malpractice refers to wrongful conduct in the discharge of
professional duties or failure to meet standards of care for the profession that results in harm to an
individual entrusted to the professional's care. The nurse who hung the wrong IV would have
followed standard practice; the issue of malpractice would be with the pharmacist. The nurse who
contacted the physician when the patient experienced complications of labor was also acting
responsibly.