An RN suffers from chronic back pain that was the result of an injury suffered when pulling a patient up in bed. The nurse is addicted to pain medication and has recently been accused of stealing narcotics
This is an example of which violation of the law? a. Misdemeanor
b. Tort
c. Malpractice
d. Felony
D
A felony is a serious offense that results in significant harm to another person or society in gen-eral. Felony crimes may carry penalties of monetary restitution, imprisonment for greater than 1 year, or death. Examples of Nurse Practice Act violations that may carry criminal penalties in-clude practicing nursing without a license and misuse of controlled substances. A misdemeanor is a crime that, although injurious, does not inflict serious harm. Torts are civil wrongful acts or omissions against a person or a person's property that are compensated by awarding monetary damages to the individual whose rights were violated. Malpractice is an example of negligence, sometimes referred to as professional negligence. The law defines nursing malpractice as the failure to use the degree of care that a reasonable nurse would use under the same or similar cir-cumstances.
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