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During an Intensive Care Unit hospitalization, a client undergoes an emergency surgery to repair an aneurysm. The nurses caring for the client postoperatively repeatedly report changes in vital signs, indicating deterioration, but the care provider does not evaluate the client for 3 hours. The client’s brain herniates, and the client dies. The family files a lawsuit against the nurses, the care provider, and the hospital. Given that the physician and the nurses are employees of the hospital, who is at risk of being found guilty of negligence? Select all that apply.

[1] The care provider on call at the time the nurses reported vital sign changes
[2] The hospital, because of the employee/employer relationship
[3] The nurses assigned to the client during the hospitalization
[4] The administrators employed by the hospital
[5] Only the nurse on duty at the time the client herniated
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