During a life-threatening emergency, a nurse hurriedly gives the patient a medication by IV push. There is extravasation of medication. Later, necrosis and tissue sloughing take place. The nurse's behavior may be the basis for what action?
a. Felony charge c. Tort suit
b. Misdemeanor charge d. Defamation suit
C
Unintentional torts are those that usually involve an inadvertent, unreasonable act that causes harm to someone. Civil, as opposed to criminal, actions are also called torts. Remember that civil actions occur when a plaintiff files a lawsuit to receive compensation for damages he or she suf-fered as a result of a perceived wrong. Unintentional torts are those that usually involve an inad-vertent, unreasonable act that causes harm to someone. Defamation (libel and slander) refers to causing damage to someone else's reputation. If the means of transmitting the damaging infor-mation is written, it is called libel; if it is oral or spoken, it is called slander.
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A nurse assessing the first 24 hours of drainage from a T tube inserted during surgery for cholelithiasis would record as normal the T-tube output of
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her children and house. She tells the nurse that her husband used to help with the children and house a lot, but because of a recent job pro-motion and additional work hours required, he can no longer do this. The client feels that they cannot afford a full-time housekeeper and has become overwhelmed and depressed over the con-dition of her house. Select the therapeutic technique to be used by the nurse that best helps this client deal with her altered role performance. a. Environmental modification b. Anticipatory guidance c. Confrontation d. Cognitive restoration