Which scenarios would the nurse identify as a quasi-intentional tort rather than an intentional tort?
Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected.
Select all that apply.
1. A visitor refuses to leave the patient's room after upsetting the patient and being asked to leave.
2. The physician accuses the nurse of incompetence in front of the patient's family.
3. The nurse tells the patient that if he does not starting drinking fluids, an intravenous line will be necessary.
4. The nurse physically restrains a patient so that intravenous access can be obtained.
5. The nursing student takes a cellphone picture of a patient's leg wound to show her classmates.
2,5
Rationale: Refusing to leave after being asked is trespass to land, which is an intentional tort.
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