A health-care provider orders an injection for a pediatric patient. The patient's legal guardian refuses to allow the nurse to administer the medication. The nurse proceeds to administer the injection. Which action has the nurse committed?
A. Assault
B. Battery
C. Invasion of privacy
D. False imprisonment
ANS: B
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