A client is admitted to a hospital for bronchial asthma and is allergic to certain smells. A nurse sprays freshener in the room. The client develops an allergy because of the freshener and his condition worsens
It is clear that the action of the nurse amounts to an offense. Under what category can the offense be classified? A) Negligence
B) Tort
C) Battery
D) Malpractice
A
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The nurse has failed to take precautions that a reasonable person would have taken for the action to be termed as negligence. Tort is an injury that is caused as a result of another person's purposeful or nonpurposeful actions or failure to act. Battery involves physical contact with another person without that person's consent. In this case, there is no physical contact involved, so the offense cannot be termed as battery. Malpractice is improper, injurious, of faulty treatment that causes illness or injury to the client.
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