Question

U ponits) If a patient decides to leave an emergency department without notice because of a delay in being treated, the courts would generally hold which of the following? a) The nurse should have prevented the patient from leaving. b) The nurse should have encouraged the patient to make his or her own decision to leave c) The patient left the hospital on his or her own accord and there is no liability on the part of the hospital if injury occurs as a result of leaving. d) The hospital should have apologized to the patient for the long wait.

Answer 1

Ans. D. The hospital should have aoologized the patient for long wait.

. In hospital patient will be coming for treatment.

So their expectations will be high.

Timely treatment without any barriers is patients right.