A male client visits a healthcare center complaining of a skin infection. He has been prescribed an ointment to use for the next 10 days, every morning after a bath. A nurse has been assigned to demonstrate how to apply the ointment
After 2 days, the client reports to the nurse that the ointment gives him a burning sensation. The nurse does not inform the supervisor. The client revisits the hospital 5 days later complaining that his infection has spread, giving him a bad itch. What reason should the hospital management cite while holding the nurse responsible for the worsened condition of the client? A) Withholding treatment
B) Termination of treatment
C) Refusal of care
D) Abandonment of care
D
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It is a nurse's duty to inform superiors that the client experienced a burning sensation after applying the ointment. The nurse was also expected to make a report of the same. This action or the lack of action on the nurse's part is referred to as abandonment of care. Withholding treatment means denial of treatment or care, which is regarded as inappropriate or unavailable; termination of treatment is defined as an intentional decision to stop treatment at the client's request or after the healthcare team has determined that brain death has occurred; refusal of treatment can be termed as the denial of permission by the client to impart treatment to him or her.
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