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NCLEX-RN Exam Practice

Category - Professionalism

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You are caring for a patient in the emergency department. The patient has been drinking alcohol and is asking for medication. When you instruct the patient that they have to wait to be seen by the doctor, the patient becomes verbally abusive. You then obtain a set of restraints and instruct the patient if they do not calm down you will restrain them. What can you be charged with?

Assault
Battery
Negligence
Invasion of privacy

Explanation

Answer: A - You as the nurse can be charged with assault for threatening to restrain the patient. You as the nurse have put the patient in fear of harmful or offensive contact. In order for this to be a chargeable offense, the patient must be aware of the threat.

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