Select the response that is an example of a tort.
A) The plan of care for a patient is not completed within 24 hours of the patient's admission.
B) A nurse gives a PRN dose of an antipsychotic drug to an agitated patient because the unit is short-staffed.
C) An advanced-practice nurse recommends hospitalization for a patient who is dangerous to self and others.
D) A patient's admission status change from involuntary to voluntary after the patient's hallucinations subside.
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