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ss2343

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Nurse W is a new graduate who is working on a unit project regarding patient care and gastrointestinal (GI) treatments.
 
  While interviewing Mr. P, who has been incessantly complaining of his lack of daily bowel movements, complete with graphic details about the type and consistency, she tells him that if he is not quiet, she will give him an enema he will never forget. Nurse W's actions are an example of:
  a. invasion of privacy c. assault
  b. battery d. defamation

Question 2

Tort law is concerned with:
 
  a. torts and lies, and always being correct
  b. always being correct and failure to show up for jury duty
  c. failure to show up for jury duty and touching people when they don't want to be touched
  d. touching people when they don't want to be touched and always being correct



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Answer to Question 1

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Threatening to touch (or treat) another person without his consent is a definition of assault. By threatening Mr. P by giving him an enema he will never forget if he is not quiet, Nurse W has threatened to give him a treatment (the enema) against his will. Battery is the actual act of giving the enema (treatment), and defamation is the act of giving intentionally false information, communication, or publication (such as making a statement that could cause an individual to lose his job).

Answer to Question 2

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According to The 'Lectric Law Library's legal lexicon on the Federal Tort Claims Act (2011), tort is defined as a negligent or intentional civil wrong that does not arise from a contract or statute, that injures someone in some way, and for which the injured party can then sue the wrongdoer for damages. Examples of this include the failure to show up for jury duty (failure to comply with a public duty) and touching people when they do not want to be touched (battery, which is a type of tort charge).




ss2343

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Reply 2 on: Jul 8, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Gracias!

 

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