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A nurse is caring for an adult client who is competent and has refused an analgesic injection. The nurse administers the injection despite the client's objections. Which of the following types of tort has the nurse committed? - Battery A nurse plans to leave her scheduled shift an hour early without permission and without notifying the charge nurse. The clients assigned to the nurse are in stable condition. The charge nurse should identify this behavior as which of the following legal torts? - Negligence A nurse's inadvertent medication error results in a severe allergic reaction and prolongs the client's hospitalization. The client could rightfully sue the nurse for which of the following? - Malpractice A nurse is caring for a client who is competent, refuses further treatment, and asks to sign out of the hospital against medical advice (AMA). The nurse notifies the charge nurse, who tells the nurse that the provider has recommended restraining the client, if necessary, to keep her from leaving the hospital. The nurse refuses to implement the action based on the knowledge that restraining this client would be committing which of the following torts? - False imprisonment