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A nurse humiliates a patient in a croweded waiting room, using racial slurs, and vulgar language.?


What tort may have occured?
A. Intentional infliction of emotional distress
B. Invasion of privacy
C. Negligence
D. Fraud

A: Intentional infliction of emotional distress

This nurse went way beyond the "call of duty"! As a nurse what ever issues the patient had wasn't professional for her to show her personal feelings in that manner. She was definetly negligent!! Someone in her field should know better.

E: None of the above.

Rude, obnoxious, disrespectful or crass behavior is protected FREE SPEECH.

A. but one is unlikely to collect any damages.

i dont know but that doesnt call for racial slurs and all that drama

A

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