A Nurse Is Charged with Battery After Helping an Invalid

question 13

Multiple Choice

A nurse is charged with battery after helping an invalid patient back to bed and not calling for help due to a reduced staffing level. The patient sustained excessive bruising, sore joints, and extended stay. In this case, the:

• A) patient is the plaintiff.
• B) nurse can be charged with forcefully restraining the patient without orders.
• C) nurse is accountable due to the decreased level of staffing.
• D) charge of invasion of privacy may be withheld.

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Definitions:

Explicit Memories

Memories that can be intentionally and consciously recalled, such as facts and events.

Implicit Memories

Memories that are not consciously recalled but affect behavior and knowledge, such as skills and tasks learned through repetition.

Implicit Memory

A type of memory that enables us to perform tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences, such as procedural memory for skills.

Classically Conditioned

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.