An example of a criminal action committed by a nurse is
a. restraining a patient without a physician's order.
b. releasing information without the patient's consent.
c. discontinuing a ventilator without a physician's order.
d. making a medication error.
ANS: C
Commission of a felony, such as murder, is clearly a criminal act. The other options represent examples of torts, or matters of civil concern.
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