A nurse educator informs the class that the reasonable person standard is:
a. it takes a reasonable man to maintain a good relationship.
b. reasonable men tend to have reasonable children and make good partners.
c. used to demonstrate a breach of duty.
d. used by state Boards of Nursing to evaluate the male-female ratios according to clinicalposition.
C
The reasonable person standard is used by courts when dealing with cases of potential negligence and
malpractice to show what a "reasonable nurse would do" in a given situation. Reviewing the
organization's policies and procedures, evidence from the state's Nurse Practice Act, and the use of
expert witnesses to the standard of nursing practice in that community are all examples of aspects of
the reasonable person standard.
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