Legal Issues and Professional Accountability Clinical practice is a process closely regulated by legal parameters to ensure safety of both the patients and the practitioners. Knowledge of the laws and regulations is vital to every nurse in practice to protect all parties involved in our complex health-care delivery systems. The parameters that guide professional practice also guide your practice as a nursing student. Pamela Selkirk, a practical nursing student, has been assigned by the clinical instructor to assist in the care of the following patients during her clinical rotation in the Emergency Department at the local hospital: Patient A: 42-year-old female who is unresponsive secondary to a narcotic overdose Patient B: 2-month-old female with scald burns to lower extremities Patient C: 91-year-old male with a bladder infection and malnutrition Patient D: 24-year-old female with suspected miscarriage #1. Mandatory reporting laws are in place to protect the public or individuals (especially vulnerable populations}. Having the duty to report any suspected physical, emotional, sexual, abuse or neglect, falls well within the expectations and standards of practice of a nurse. Which of the four patients noted above, should be considered within the mandatory reporting laws? Discuss your rationale for your choicels). The patient admitted with a bladder infection and malnutrition is slightly confused. He knows who he is and why he is in the hospital, but not what day it is. He wants to go home and does not see that it is necessary for him to stay. He has been stabilized and is scheduled for admission to the medical unit. He frequently attempts to get up off the ED bed and the staff is concerned for his safety. The orderly, showing a waist restraint to the patient says, \"Mr. Wells, if you continue we're going to put a restraint belt on you and tie you down so you can't get up". #2. Can this action by the orderly be interpreted as an intentional tort in a court of law? Why or Why not? And, if so, which tort