The cardiac telemetry unit nurses repeatedly cautioned a patient not to leave the floor because input from telemetry monitors is limited to that area. The patient went to the cafeteria and suffered a fatal dysrhythmia. What is the nurses' best defense in the negligence lawsuit brought for the patient's survivors?
| a. |
Immunity |
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| b. |
Exculpatory agreement |
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| c. |
Assumption of risk |
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| d. |
Defense of the fact |
Assumption of risk is a legal doctrine which denies an individual from recovering damages due to injury sustained when he or she voluntarily exposes himself to a known danger.
assumption of risk prohibits an individual from seeking damages on the basis that individual completely understood and knew of a hazardous condition and willingly exposed himself to it.
The answer is option (c) assumption of risk
The cardiac telemetry unit nurses repeatedly cautioned a patient not to leave the floor because input...