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Title: A client refuses to have a pain medication administered by injection. A nurse says, If you don't ... Post by: elizabeth702 on Jan 18, 2018 A client refuses to have a pain medication administered by injection. A nurse says, If you don't let me give you the shot, I will get help to hold you down and give it. With what crime might the nurse be charged?
A) Assault B) Battery C) Negligence D) Defamation Title: A client refuses to have a pain medication administered by injection. A nurse says, If you don't ... Post by: LyraBurroughs on Jan 18, 2018 Ans: A
Assault and battery are intentional torts. Assault is a threat or attempt to make bodily contact with another person without that person's consent. Threatening to forcibly administer an injection after the patient has refused it is assault. Battery is an assault that is carried out and includes willful, angry, and violent or negligent touching of another person's body, clothes, or anything attached to or held by that other person. Negligence is defined as performing an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would not do or, conversely, failing to perform an act that a reasonably prudent person under similar circumstances would do. Defamation is an intentional tort in which one party makes derogatory remarks about another that diminish the other party's reputation. |