A nurse who angrily tells a patient, If you don't go to sleep, I'm going to give you an injection, can be accused of
a. defamation.
b. breach of confidentiality.
c. assault.
d. respondeat superior.
Question 2
Patient A, who has Alzheimer's disease, wanders and is often noisy and intrusive. The patient has a prn order for haloperidol (Haldol) IM for assaultive behavior.
At report, the LPN/LVN charge nurse explains that staffing is poor and she is unable to provide the supervision the patient needs. She directs the medication nurse to administer the patient's prn haloperidol q4h during the shift. This action constitutes
a. negligence.
b. libel.
c. assault.
d. false imprisonment.
Nurses possess a wide variety of experiences which they take into each patient encounter.
The nurse conducts the health history as the first step in the nursing assessment
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