A registered nurse is responsible for taking a patient's vital signs every 4 hours. Today, however, the nurse was assign

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A registered nurse is responsible for taking a patient's vital
signs every 4 hours. Today, however, the nurse
was assigned several new patients, which doubled his patient
caseload. As a result, he did not have time to
check on his last patient and decided to copy the patient's vital
signs taken 4 hours earlier
.
1. Could the registered nurse be held legally responsible if the
patient suffers any injuries?
2. What are some possible legal repercussions if this patient
suffers injuries from the registered nurse's
failure to act in this case?