A nurse is caring for a patient who was admitted with a subarachnoid h

QUESTION

A nurse is caring for a patient who was admitted with a subarachnoid hemorrhage. The healthcare provider orders state that neurological assessments need to be preformed every 30 minutes.

The nurse forgets to perform the assessments on two different occasions. An action that can lead to a malpractice suit would be:
A. Assessing the patient more than once per shift.
B. Explaining the patient’s current condition to the family.
C. Holding the next dose of sedation in order to perform a neurological assessment.
D. Altering the time the assessments were performed

ANSWER:

ANS: D