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You Are Caring for a Patient in the Emergency Department

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You are caring for a patient in the emergency department. The patient has been drinking alcohol and is asking for medication. When you instruct the patient that they have to wait to be seen by the doctor, the patient becomes verbally abusive. You then obtain a set of restraints and instruct the patient if they do not calm down you will restrain them. What can you be charged with?


A) Assault
B) Battery
C) Negligence
D) Invasion of privacy

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