In regards to the legal aspects of a community-based nurse's role, if an individual asks them to leave, the nurse should:
a. leave.
b. finish the procedure that they started.
c. ignore the individual and implement the necessarycare
d. none of the above.
a
The community-based nurse needs to remember that
they are a visitor in the person's home and therefore can
only implement actions at the person's request (consent). If
a nurse stays after they have been asked to leave, they may be
considered to be committing an act of trespass under the law.
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