Author Question: A controversy has arisen in a hospital as to whether the LPNs should be classified as professional ... (Read 81 times)

SGallaher96 · **on:** Jul 17, 2018

A controversy has arisen in a hospital as to whether the LPNs should be classified as professional or nonprofessional.

The administrators and managers at the hospital have made it clear that it is not their intention to disparage the commitment or competence of LPNs, but that they will be classified as nonprofessional caregivers. What is the most important criterion in making a distinction between the professional and the nonprofessional?
A) The amount of independence and autonomy that caregivers have
B) The amount of education that caregivers have completed
C) The salary scale that covers a group of caregivers
D) The caregivers' position in the hierarchy of the particular workplace

Question 2

A nurse recently committed a drug error in which a patient received ten times the ordered dose of an opioid analgesic. How might the concept of respondeat superior affect the consequences of this event?

A) The nurse's employer may share some of the liability for this error
B) There is partial obligation on the part of the patient to refuse unreasonable interventions
C) The nurse's peers have a responsibility to oversee his or her practice
D) There is no legal liability unless the patient suffers injury as a result of the nurse's actions