A psychiatric technician reports to the charge nurse that a client is going to sue for negligence because she intervened to prevent him from striking another client. The charge nurse shares with the psychiatric technician that negligence:
A. is an act or failure to act in a way that a responsible employee would act.
B. applies only when the client is abandon or mistreated.
C. is an action that puts the client in fear of being harmed by the employee.
D. means the employee has given malicious false information about the client.
Answer: A. is an act or failure to act in a way that a responsible employee would act.
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