This article described the horrible events of a CNA who neglected three patients from the age range of 80-95. The CNA allegedly snuck in a bottle of vodka upon arrival of work. She was not drunk when she arrived at work, but drank in the bathroom leaving her patients stranded. While intoxicated the CNA failed to assist with her residents medications. The CNA showed a repulsively small amount of care towards the residents during this shift. She only made it halfway through her shift before she passed out, only waking up to not knowing what had happened. Charges have been made for three counts of neglect. Negligence is the failure to do what a reasonable and careful person would do. The legal term of negligence involves the carelessness …show more content…
The right thing to do. No one really knows what was going on in her head the day of the incident. I’m in no way saying by any means she was in the right, but I don't believe that she did it out of hatred of her residents. She obviously didn’t want to cause harm, but while intoxicated decisions are impaired. And in her case, even before she was intoxicated, she had a cloudy vision of what was right and wrong. She has no excuses bringing alcohol to a workplace such as the nursing home. It only caused pain to her residents and an end to her …show more content…
This is truly unbelievably ridiculous. A code of ethics is supposed to be influenced by personal beliefs that you choose to live by. In this specific situation I believe that a termination on one's job would be immediately terminated. Including revoked CNA license and possible jail time. In no way shape or form would this ever be acceptable in any workplace, let alone a job where you are payed to take care of other people. I would not allow this person ever to work in a health field again. Which seems harsh to say, but when you make a mistake this drastic you need to be punished
This case study examines a case of an LPN who became ill while about halfway through her shift and chose to go home. This LPN was assigned to care for five patients in an obstetrical ward, four of which were considered stable. The fifth patient was awaiting an obstetrical consultation when the LPN became ill and vomited. At this time, she notified the other nurses and, subsequently, the charge nurse that she needed to leave due to illness. The charge nurse instructed her to notify her supervisor prior to leaving the facility; however, the LPN chose not to do so and went home. Her reasoning in not notifying her supervisor as she was instructed was that she feared that the supervisor would ask her to go to the emergency room for care. The LPN testified that she did not want to pay for an emergency visit and that she intended to make an appointment with her family doctor early that same day. The facility terminated the LPN’s contract and also reported her to the state board of nursing for patient abandonment. As a judgment, the board of nursing suspended here nursing license pending a psychological examination and fined her $1000 for abandoning her patients. In this paper, we will examine the viewpoints of the LPN, the charge nurse, and the nursing supervisor as they relate to the Nurse Practice Act and the board of nursing.
I agree with you that the nurses violated provision 9 of the nursing code of ethics. Nurses have an obligation to themselves, their whole team and to the patients to express their values. Communication is key in a hospital, so everyone knows what is correct and what isn’t within the workplace. In order to have a productive, ethical, positive environment. These values that should be promoted affect everyone in the hospital, especially the patients, and can have a negative outcome if those values are not lived out. Nurses have to frequently communicate and reaffirm the values they are supposed follow frequently so when a difficult situation comes along that may challenge their beliefs they will remain strong and their values will not falter.
It was about three months ago I was working in the psychiatric emergency room when I inherited a patient from the night shift nurses. This patient was a 17 years old female with a history of bipolar and schizophrenia, came to the emergency room after having an altercation
Proximate Cause: The shoulder and rotator cuff injuries were within the scope of the risks that made us determine that the dropping of Vicky’s body was a breach. Because Dwayne dropped Vicky, Dwayne’s dropping of Vicky’s body proximately caused the injuries sustained. Felix’s carrying of the body was a cause in fact but not the proximate cause of the injuries Vicky
Mrs. Ard brought a wrongful death law suit against the hospital (Pozgar, 2014). The original verdict found in favor of Mrs. Ard, but the hospital appealed the court’s ruling (Pozgar, 2014). During the course of the appeal, an investigation of the records showed no documentation, by a nurse; of a visit to Mr. Ard during the time that Mrs. Ard stated she attempted to contact a nurse (Pozgar, 2014). The nurse on duty stated that she did check on Mr. Ard during that time; however, there were no notes in the patient’s chart to backup the claim that Mr. Ard had been checked on (Pozgar, 2014). One expert in nursing, Ms. Krebs, agreed that there was a failure in the treatment of Mr. Ard by the nurse on duty (Pozgar, 2014). ...
Therefore, even if the facts show that these employees where somehow providing professionally approved care, i.e. physically restraining her during an out of control incident, the patient’s perception that she was being physically and sexually assaulted remains to be the outcome. Therefore, according to the consequential theory of ethics, this behavior would not be considered ethical. Therefore, an alternative action, or one that is not perceived to be threatening and harmful, must be executed.
The movie “A Civil Action” released on January 8, 1999 provides viewers with an extraordinary story of the nightmare that occurred in Woburn Massachusetts in the late 1970’s. The people of this small town at the time had no idea what was going on until there were various cases of Leukemia in small children that ultimately resulted in the early passing of them. The people eventually had gone to find out that the drinking water in this small town was contaminated and there were many women that stepped in to get answers. This movie is a tremendously jaw dropping, eye opening account of a heartbreaking true story incident. There are various elements of negligence in this movie including, duty, legal cause, proximate cause and damages.
Savannah violated one of the types of occupational fraud and abuse known as Conflicts of Interest or conflicts of commitment from the standpoint of ethics. The main ethical issue involved in conflicts of interest is breach of trust to the public. Savannah violated her ethical competence as a nurse, State Board of nursing, and ANA code of Ethics. In addition, nurses are supposed to be patients’ advocate since they are entrusted to RN’s care. Furthermore, Savannah’s condition at work possess a big safety issue due to the alcoholic level in her bloodstream which will render her unproductive to provide care for her patients. According to ANA Code of Ethics, provision 5 states, “the nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to promote health and safety, preserve wholeness of character and integrity, maintain competence, and continue personal and professional growth” (Butts & Rich, 2016, p 475). Board of nursing mission is achieved by “outlining the standards for safe nursing care and issuing licenses to practice nursing. Once a license is issued, the board's job continues by monitoring licensees' compliance to state laws and taking action against the licenses of those nurses who have exhibited unsafe nursing
Federal and State laws require that nursing homes develop a plan of care and employ sufficient staffing to provide all the care listed on the care plan. Most corporate owned nursing homes today are not sufficiently staffed, and they can not provide all the care listed on the care plan. Consequently, residents are not taken to the toilet when necessary; they’re often left lying in urine and feces. They also develop painful and life-threatening decubitus ulcers, and are not fed properly, they’re not given sufficient fluids. They are also over-medicated or under-medicated, and dropped causing painful bruises and fractures, are ignored and not included in activities, are left in bed all day, call lights not answered. These are all forms of negligence, performed daily in nursing homes.
The General Assembly should vote to change the current law of contributory negligence. It is not completely fair and is too strict. Comparative negligence is a better system because money is given for the percentage the person is not at fault. The pure comparative system should be put in place due to many other states already using it. Few states still use the pure contributory negligence and that is for a good reason. A person can still receive some compensatory damages in the comparative negligence system. I believe that is why around 45 states use comparative negligence for determining fault between two parties in tort suits. North Carolina needs to come to term with the present. Comparative law has been rejected in house or committee which has not allowed it to pass to become a law. Most of the tries to push contributory negligence out of law has only been two or three votes away. The people who opposed it believe that it will cause insurance premiums to rise heavily. They claim it would cost the government
In the case Lunsford v. Board of Nurse Examiners, the nurse had unprofessional conduct by violating a duty to her patient leaving the patient unattended and at risk of complications (BON, 2013a). Lunsford, as a professional nurse, had the responsibility to assess the patient’s medical status and treat the patient within her scope of practice, taking the appropriate measurements to prevent the worse, regardless of the doctor’s orders of sending the patient to another facility. “The Board of Nurse Examiners in Texas suspended the nurse’s license to practice after the Board found that the nurse’s conduct was unprofessional and dishonorable conduct likely to injure the public” (Wolf, 1986, p. 222). Nurse Lunsford failed to take the patient’s vital signs, and did not implement the nursing interventions required to stabilize the patient’s condition or to prevent complications. Her conduct is considered “unprofessional conduct,” which is any act, practice, or administration that does not conform to the accepted standards of nursing practice.
I hope this alleged issue is not true because not only did this staff member overstep some major boundaries, but they also compromised someone’s sobriety. Also, a professional and respectful staff member wouldn’t allow their own personal issues with someone to get in the way of what they are supposed to be
I experienced and resolved an ethical conflict during my first year in the nursing field. The incident occurred at the long-term care nursing facility, at which I worked, in which I witnessed verbal, physical, and emotional abuse of several patients at work by a disgruntled certified nurse assistant (CNA). As a mandated reporter, I had to inform our supervisor of the events I witnessed. In this case, I had observed a particular CNA cursing at patients and calling them foul names, neglecting to care for them during the night, which resulted in entire bed strips and skin breakdown, and roughhousing them when they were not complying with her demands. She bullied and intimated not only the patients but the staff as well. Given the women's demeanor, many of my co-workers were fearful and would not report the wrong she was doing to patients. Despite being mandated reporters and witnessing the horrific, unethical treatment of several seniors (abuse/neglect), the other nurses chose to remain silent to avoid conflict.
The context of this ethical dilemma is abusing the elder residents. These residents have dementia and are unable to report things that happen to them. The residents are there at the facility because he/ she cannot stay home alone by themselves. The leader of this organization had a no other choice but to report this aide to the Division of Health and Senior Services. She is going to lose her certificate as a nurse assistant. She is a hardworking nurse aide and she is not going to work in the field of nursing if found guilty. The dilemma for this leader having to terminate a good hardworking aide and that she is going not work in this field any longer. The leader had to exhibit fairness, honesty for the rest of the team. Since the other staff is aware of the ethical situation any one could have reported this employee to the
...ve heard, it may not be possible to prosecute the nurse as she was just following the home’s policy. In the same manner, it may also not be possible to prosecute the nursing home because such conditions (i.e. not administering CPR) are clearly stated in their policy, and all of their clients understand and are amenable with it. However, in cases like this, I don’t think that the law should be the be-all and end-all of things, that is, I think that mere compliance with the law does not necessarily equate to good management or administration; rather, I believe that good administration should also be guided by moral and ethical guidelines.