A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

A. Abuse:

Abuse typically involves intentional harm or mistreatment of another person. In this scenario, the nurse's error was inadvertent, not intentional, so it does not constitute abuse.

B. Battery:

Battery involves intentional harmful or offensive contact with another person without their consent. The inadvertent medication error in this scenario does not involve intentional contact or harm, so it does not constitute battery.

C. Assault:

Assault involves intentionally threatening or causing fear of immediate harm or offensive contact with another person. The inadvertent medication error, while resulting in harm, was not intentional or intended to cause fear, so it does not constitute assault.

D. Malpractice:

Malpractice refers to professional negligence or failure to adhere to the standard of care expected in one's professional duties, resulting in harm to a patient. In this scenario, the nurse's inadvertent medication error constitutes malpractice because it involved a breach of the standard of care expected in medication administration, resulting in harm to the client.

A) "The client has developed drooping facial features":
This statement provides essential information regarding a new symptom that the client has developed, which is drooping facial features. This is crucial information for the provider to understand the current status of the client's condition. However, it's more pertinent to the assessment and current issue rather than the client's background.

B) "The client may benefit from a neurology consult":
While a neurology consult may indeed be necessary based on the client's symptoms, it falls more under the assessment and recommendation components of the SBAR communication tool. The background component should focus on providing the provider with pertinent information about the client's current condition and relevant history.

C) "The client has a history of hypertension":
This statement is the correct choice. It provides important background information about the client's medical history, which is relevant to the current situation. The history of hypertension could potentially contribute to the development of drooping facial features, as certain complications of hypertension can lead to neurological symptoms.

D) “The client is disoriented and pupils are slow to respond to light":
While disorientation and pupil response are significant clinical findings, they are not mentioned in the stem of the question. The background component of the SBAR should focus on the specific information related to the current issue, which in this case is the development of drooping facial features.