A nurse gives Dilantin intravenously with lactated Ringer's solution containing multivitamins
The drug precipitates and obstructs the only existing line. When the team leader informs the nurse that these drugs cannot be mixed, the nurse states, "Everyone just pushes the medicine slowly. No one checks for compatibility. There isn't even a compatibility chart on the unit." Which type of logical fallacy has influenced the nurse?
a. Ad hominem abusive
b. Appeal to common practice
c. Appeal to emotion
d. Appeal to tradition
ANS: B
Correct: An appeal to common practice occurs when the argument is made that something is okay because most people do it.
Incorrect:
a. Ad hominem abusive is an argument that attacks the person instead of the issue. The speaker hopes to discredit the other person by calling attention to some irrelevant fact about that person.
c. An appeal to emotion is an attempt to manipulate other people's emotions for the purpose of avoiding the real issue.
d. An appeal to tradition is the argument that doing things a particular way is best because they've always been done that way.
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