The nurse is planning to administer an oral antibiotic to a client with a communicable disease. The client refuses the medication and tells the nurse that the medication causes abdominal cramping. The nurse responds, "The medication is needed to prevent the spread of infection, and if you don't take it orally I will have to give it to you in an intramuscular injection." Which statement accurately describes the nurse's response to the client?
A. The nurse could be charged with battery.
B. The nurse could be charged with assault.
C. The nurse is justified in administering the medication by way of the intramuscular route, because the client has a communicable disease.
D. The nurse will be justified in administering the medication by the intramuscular route once a prescription has been obtained from the physician
Ans: B. The nurse could be charged with assault.
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