During a Court Proceeding, It Is Discovered That You Included

question 19

Multiple Choice

During a court proceeding, it is discovered that you included an incident report in the patient's chart.The attorney questions your actions.How would you respond?

• A) I forgot where I was supposed to put it.
• B) I put it there because I did not have time to take it to risk management.
• C) I don't agree with the facility that it should go to risk management, so I put it in the patient's file.
• D) I did not follow the protocol at my facility and should have given it to the risk management office.

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Definitions:

Manual Babbling

The spontaneous, repetitive movement of the hands and fingers by infants, akin to the vocal babbling stage but in a manual or gestural form.

Maturation Processes

The natural developmental stages that an organism undergoes as it grows and ages, encompassing physical, psychological, and emotional development.

Vocal Babbling

The production of repetitive syllables and sounds by infants, which precedes the development of language skills.

Telegraphic Speech

The early language stage in children where sentences are constructed with only essential words and meaning, resembling telegraph messages.