Which case would not be considered under negligence law?
a. Nurse G clamped the chest drain under thebedrails while turning the individual, leading totamponade
b. Nurse G gave an oral antibiotic 2 hours late.
c. Nurse G gave the incorrect blood type toIndividual X.
d. Nurse G omitted the morning inhalers for
Individual X who developed staticus asthmaticus.
b
There are three elements of negligence: that the defend
ant owed the plaintiff a duty of care, that the duty of care
was breached and that the plaintiff suffered an injury as a
consequence (which was reasonably foreseeable). Receiving
an antibiotic 2 hours late, although a medication error, is not
negligence as it would be highly unlikely that the individual
would suffer an injury as a consequence.
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