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mwit1967

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You are the nurse working at a local hospital. When you accept an assignment of clients at the beginning of your shift, under the laws of negligence, you are considered to have a legal duty to:
 
  a. provide care for each of these clients
  b. ensure the satisfaction of clients and their families
  c. act in a manner that won't create legal difficulties for the hospital
  d. perform in an ethical and moral manner

Question 2

Burn wounds are classified by:
 
  a. Percentage of surface area involved
  b. Depth and Location of the burn
  c. Association with other injuries
  d. All of the above



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A Correct. When a nurse accepts an assignment of clients at the beginning of the shift, under the laws of negligence, the nurse is considered to have a legal duty to provide care for those clients.
B Incorrect. Although the duty of providing care may provide satisfaction among clients and their families, it has nothing to do with the laws of negligence.
C Incorrect. The laws of negligence are designed first of all to protect the clients, and in so doing the hospital will avoid legal difficulties. But, the client must be considered first and always.
D Incorrect. The duty contemplates the nurse will always perform in an ethical and moral manner, but the laws of negligence recognize the duty of providing accepted standards of care.

Answer to Question 2

D
Burns are classified by all of the above characteristics.




mwit1967

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Reply 2 on: Jun 27, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Wow, this really help

 

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