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Which scenario would the nurse identify as an intentional tort?

Which term means stretching? (See vocab list)

The electron orbits are labeled K, L, M, N, O, P, and Q.  What is the maximum number of electrons housed in each orbit respectively?

The total resistance of a 5 ohm and a 20 ohm resistor in a series circuit is

   Name the structure labeled A in the diagram above.

The patient was injured in a motor vehicle crash and taken to the emergency department via ambulance. The patient was held overnight and discharged the following afternoon. The patient has met with an attorney and wants to sue the driver of the other car to recover hospital costs. Which type of law is involved in this situation?

When you breathe in, what is the correct order of structures that air will pass through from first to last?

Questions 30-33 are based on the following scenario: An 80-year-old jazz singer, began experiencing difficulty breathing and an increase in his cough and sputum production during a performance last week. He was hospitalized due to an acute exacerbation of his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and was receiving high-dose systemic corticosteroids and other medications for comorbidities of type II diabetes and mild cognitive impairment. After 6 days of treatment, the patient developed symptoms of steroid-induced psychosis (delusions; hallucinations; reduced mentation) and began demanding to leave the hospital because he had to get back to his band and tour. A psychiatric consult was completed, a new antipsychotic medication ordered, and the steroid dose decreased. However, even with the new medication orders, the evening nurse administered the orginal dose of steroids and did not initiate the new antipsychotic medication. The next morning, when the dayshift RN arrived to perform the patient’s assessment, the patient’s oxygen saturation level was 81%. The nurse observed that at the time the patient did not have on his nasal cannula. The dayshift nurse replaced the patient’s nasal cannula and educated him on the necessity to wear the cannula. When the dayshift nurse returned to check on him, the patient was not in his bed or in his room. Upon beginning a search, the dayshift nurse learned that another nurse had seen the patient get on the elevator, dressed in street clothes. The police were notified and a search and rescue operation began. The patient was found dead roughly one mile from the hospital, six hours after he eloped from the hospital. The daughter of the patient later filed a malpractice lawsuit. Is there a duty owed by the nurses in this situation?

In this situation, all of the following standards of care was abrogated except:

A nurse is leaving work and almost to his car when someone calls his name. When the individual approaches, the nurse is given a summons. Upon getting into his car the nurse opens the envelope and reads the paperwork enclosed. He learns he has been named in a malpractice lawsuit. What is the priority action for the nurse?