The nurse is responsible for a medication incidents and a client dies. In court, the lawyer for the family of the deceased client asks the nurse if she followed standards of care in administering the medication. How would the lawyer phrase this question?

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This question asks if the nurse followed the standard of care, which is the level of care that a reasonable and prudent healthcare provider would have given in similar circumstances. Therefore, the lawyer would ask if the nurse acted in a manner that was consistent with what another nurse would have done under similar circumstances. The other options (B, C, and D) ask about following physician orders, performing medication checks, and following agency guidelines, which are important but not necessarily indicative of whether the nurse followed the standard of care.

The Nurse Is Responsible for a Medication Incidents and a Client