The nurse threatens to place a verbally abusive patient in restraints. The patient could press charges against the nurse for which of the following?
a. Battery
b. Assault
c. Malpractice
d. Negligence
Question 2
A nurse educator is preparing a presentation on professional negligence. The nurse determines that all of the following actions would be considered professional negligence except
a. administering the wrong medication.
b. failure to obtain informed consent.
c. taking a picture of a patient without his or her consent.
d. refusing to permit the patient to walk without assistance.
The nurse needs to inform the patient with impaired vision when a touch is to occur and ask permissi
The nurse is using Standard Precautions to draw blood.
An emergency medical technician positions defibrillator paddles on the chest of a supine male patien
Lung cancer. Photograph of part of a lung removed after death. The yellow area is a large tumor and
Patient Teaching Methods Cont.
(A) Slide the hand up the shoulder and neck to GB-20 and Bl-10. (B) Fingertip press or circular ...