Which scenarios reflect the "two schools of thought" doctrine?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
1. An honest error in judgment prevented a nurse from providing quality care.
2. The hospital policy and procedures manual lists both local and national nursing care quality standards.
3. Nurses on one unit vary in their choice of ways to deliver quality care.
4. The nurse manager insists that standards are uniform and all nurses must act in the same manner.
5. The nurse expert witness in a case describes two methods of providing the intervention in question.
3,5
Rationale: The court evaluates whether the care given meets the prevailing standards, not whether the judgment was correct.
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