Correct Answer + Rationale? Subject: Nursing Leadership and Management Situation: On admission at the emergency room, the client is perspiring profusely, breathing hardly and complaining of dizziness...

Correct Answer + Rationale?
Subject: Nursing Leadership and Management


Situation:  On admission at the emergency room, the client is perspiring profusely, breathing hardly and complaining of dizziness and palpitations. The nurse on duty left the room to call the doctor.

A nurse is said to have committed a criminal negligence when he: *

a. Disregards human rights in the care of the client
b. Demonstrates serious ignorance and incompetence
c. Inflicts harm to others with malice
d. Causes serious injury due to reckless imprudence