During a busy shift, a registered nurse directed an unlicensed care provider to change the dressing and perform wound care on an older adult client's surgical incision, an act that exists outside of the scope of the unlicensed care provider's scope
of practice. Which of the following statements best captures the legal context of this event? A) The unlicensed care provider is solely responsible for the inappropriate practice.
B) The nurse can be held liable for the actions of the unlicensed care provider.
C) Liability rests with the company that owns the healthcare facility.
D) In the absence of documented harm to the client, the action is legally permissible.
B
Feedback:
Under the doctrine of respondent superior, nurses can be held liable for the actions of persons under their supervision. Responsibility would not necessarily rest with the nurse manager, while the lack of harm to the client does not render the action permissible.
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