What is the main difference between the tort of negligence and ...

[jeatrice]

What is the main difference between the tort of negligence and criminal negligence that causes death?
 
  a. The severity of a patient's adverse outcome
  b. The amount of intentional physical contact without consent
  c. The degree to which the act deviated from the standard of a reasonable, prudent nurse
  d. The extent of the violation of protecting a patient's right to be free from unwanted intrusion

Question 2

A client is admitted to the medical unit following a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). There is evidence of left-sided hemiparesis, and the nurse will be following up on range-of-motion and other exercises performed in physiotherapy.
 
  Which of the following principles of range-of-motion exercises does the nurse correctly teach the client and family members? a. Flex the joint to the point of discomfort.
  b. Work from proximal to distal joints.
  c. Move the joints quickly.
  d. Provide support to the extremity.

[rnehls]

Answer to Question 1

C

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A The severity of a patient's adverse outcome is not the main difference between the tort of negligence and criminal negligence that causes death.
B Battery is the amount of intentional physical contact without consent.
C The degree to which the act deviated from the standard of a reasonable, prudent nurse is the difference between the tort of negligence and criminal negligence causing death.
D Invasion of privacy is the extent of the violation of protecting a patient's right to be free from unwanted intrusion.

Answer to Question 2

D
While the client is performing range-of-motion exercises, support should be provided to the ex-tremity.
The joint should be flexed to the point of resistance, not to the point of discomfort.
When performing range-of-motion exercises, the client should begin at distal joints and work toward proximal joints.
Joints should be moved slowly through the range of motion. Quick movement could cause injury.