A nurse who was recently certified in chemotherapy administration fails to check compatibility of phenytoin (Dilantin) before injecting into a continuous infusion of D5W leading to occlusion of the line.
Which statement by the nurse demonstrates a red herring?
a. The nurse is upset and states, I am sure I have injected this before without a problem and the supervisor interprets this to mean the nurse often take short cuts.
b. The nurse states, You are just upset because I am certified in chemotherapy administration and you are not.
c. The nurse who started the IV didn't get a blood return but determined the IV was the patient'sthat is the problem.
d. This drug always occludes the line because it is so viscous.
An RN is consistently late to work, causing reassignment of patient care and the need for repeated shift reports.
The nurse, who receives a warning for repeated tardiness, states, My husband left me, I have no car, no family close by, and the bus is always late, which makes me late. The nurse manager doesn't care how hard I try to get here, and I am raising a child by myself. The nurse is using which type of logical fallacy?
a. Appeal to emotion
b. Appeal to tradition
c. Hasty generalization
d. Confusing cause and effect
The new director of nurses has instituted walking rounds on all nursing units, rather than the usual taped shift reports. A veteran nurse exclaims, She doesn't know how we do things here The nurse is demonstrating:
a. appeal to emotion.
b. appeal to tradition.
c. red herring.
d. straw man.
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
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