A Nurse Believes That an Assignment Is Unfair and Refuses

question 15

Multiple Choice

A nurse believes that an assignment is unfair and refuses to care for the assigned patients.What could be the outcome if the nurse abandoned the patient assignment?

• A)The nurse would be assigned to another group of patients.
• B)Untoward patient outcomes
• C)Other nurses would take on the nurse's assignment.
• D)Disciplinary action by the Board of Nursing
• E)Disciplinary action by the nurse's employer

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