In a telehealth organization, a nurse who is licensed in New York and Pennsylvania provides teaching to a patient who resides in Pennsylvania
The patient charges that the teaching failed to provide significant information about a potential side effect, which led to delay in seeking treatment and untoward harm. Under which state nurse practice act and standards would this situation be considered?
a. New York
b. Pennsylvania
c. Neither New York nor Pennsylvania
d. Both New York and Pennsylvania
ANS: B
Under the law, the state in which the patient resides and not the state where the nurse holds his or her license determines the state nurse practice act that is considered.
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