A Nurse Reads That a Case Involving the Care Provided

question 13

Multiple Choice

A nurse reads that a case involving the care provided in a hospital will be reviewed by the United States Supreme Court. The nurse suspects that which situations could have occurred?

• A) The case involves a constitutional issue.
• B) Two lower federal courts have reached different conclusions in the case.
• C) The hospital involved is a military hospital.
• D) The care in question included the suspicion of premeditated homicide.
• E) The patient involved in the case was an undocumented alien.

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