You arrive at an emergency room to find that the nurses are busy taking care of other patients. You are getting off shift and want to get back to the station. You and your partner move the patient into a hospital bed, lay the report on the bed with the patient, and leave. You and your partner have just committed
A. abandonment
B. negligence
C. appropriate patient care
D. vicarious liability
Answer: A. abandonment
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