A nurse working at a nursing home is administering medications. The nurse misreads the medication orders and administers a medication via the intravenous line, rather than via an intramuscular injection
The client sustains permanent injuries and eventually dies. This nurse charged with:
a. misfeasance.
b. nonfeasance.
c. malfeasance.
d. malpractice.
ANS: C
Malfeasance consists of giving the correct drug by the wrong route, resulting in the client's death.
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