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A client refuses to have a pain medication administered by injection. A nurse says, If you don't let me give you the shot, I will get help to hold you down and give it. With what crime might the nurse be charged?
 
  A) Assault
  B) Battery
  C) Negligence
  D) Defamation

Question 2

A lawsuit has been brought against a nurse for malpractice. The client fell and suffered a skull fracture, resulting in a longer hospital stay and need for rehabilitation.
 
  What does the description of the client and his injuries represent as proof of malpractice?
 
  A) Damages
  B) Causation
  C) Duty
  D) Breach of duty



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Assault and battery are intentional torts. Assault is a threat or attempt to make bodily contact with another person without that person's consent. Threatening to forcibly administer an injection after the patient has refused it is assault. Battery is an assault that is carried out and includes willful, angry, and violent or negligent touching of another person's body, clothes, or anything attached to or held by that other person. Negligence is defined as performing an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would not do or, conversely, failing to perform an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would do. Defamation is an intentional tort in which one party makes derogatory remarks about another that diminish the other party's reputation.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Liability involves four elements: duty (obligation to use care and follow standards), breach of duty (failure to follow standards of care), causation (the failure to follow standards of care resulted in the injury), and damages (the actual harm or injury resulting to the patient).





 

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