Asked by Vincento Singhania on Sep 27, 2024
The nurse hears a health care provider say to the charge nurse that a certain nurse cannot care for patients because the nurse is stupid and won't follow orders. The health care provider also writes in the patient's medical records that the same nurse, by name, is not to care for any of the patients because of incompetence. Which torts has the health care provider committed? (Select all that apply.)
A) Libel
B) Slander
C) Assault
D) Battery
E) Invasion of privacy
Libel
A form of defamation expressed through written, printed, or other permanent forms, wrongly harming a person's reputation.
Slander
The act of making false spoken statements damaging to a person's reputation.
Health Care Provider
A professional who offers services aimed at maintaining or improving health, including doctors, nurses, therapists, and others.
- Acknowledge actions considered to contravene nursing practice guidelines, such as assault, battery, malpractice, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, and abandonment.
Learning Objectives
- Acknowledge actions considered to contravene nursing practice guidelines, such as assault, battery, malpractice, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy, and abandonment.