This needs to be career-ending as far as medicine goes. I wouldn’t let her near a bedpan. But fear not: she can find other work being a smug, self-righteous, PITA. They’re everywhere.
An assault is the act of inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in criminal prosecution, civil liability, or both.