Various States Recognize That Nurses Can Render a Nursing Diagnosis

question 1

Multiple Choice

Various states recognize that nurses can render a nursing diagnosis. Where a defendant physician ignores a nurse's assessment of a patient's diagnosis and the patient is injured, the court would most likely determine that ___________.

• A) such a delay in treatment of the patient was acceptable behavior
• B) a registered nurse cannot make an assessment of a patient's needs
• C) the physician, by ignoring the nurse's assessment, contributed to a delay in treatment and injury to the patient
• D) the physician need not respond to the nurse's observations

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