Fein v. Permanente Medical Group is important as the case defined the standard of care for the advanced practice nurse. How was that standard of care defined?
1. The medical standard of care
2. The nursing standard of care
3. The advanced nurse practitioner standard of care
4. The specialty nurse standard of care
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Rationale: This case found that the ANP was held to the standard of practice specifically of a nurse practitioner, not solely medicine or nursing as indicated in the medical and nursing standards of care. The specialty nurse standard of care is vague and doesn't delineate to which specialty practice the standard is referring.
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