For Which of the Following Actions Would an Employer Be

question 3

Multiple Choice

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.

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Definitions:

Splanchnic Nerves

Nerves that innervate the viscera, conveying information to and from the gut and other internal organs.

Sympathetic Fibers

Nerves of the sympathetic nervous system that act to regulate the body's unconscious actions and are key in the fight or flight response.

Spinal Cord

The main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system.

Thoracic

Relating to the chest region or thorax of the body.