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After a nurse talked to the physician over the phone,a medication was ordered over the phone,and the nurse gave the young boy his first dose.The boy almost immediately showed serious signs of allergy,and the nurse immediately administered adrenaline per standing orders of the agency.The nurse breathed a sigh of relief that the boy was okay until the boy's mother exclaimed,"We are definitely suing you." Which of the following would be the most likely reason that the mother would win such a suit?


A) The nurse did not correctly apply the rights of medication administration.
B) The nurse caused significant emotional distress to the boy and mother.
C) The nurse is the one who administered the drug to the boy that caused the reaction.
D) The nurse has no evidence that the physician ordered the offending drug.

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