Charge Nurse's Dilemma

By explaining medications and making sure they understood when and why he has to take them, as for the unhealed wounds setting up a discharge plan for community nurses to come see him and to teach Judi how to redress and look for signs of infection could benefit them as this could be a long term

Although I can understand why the oncologist may consider the nurse was acting unprofessionally by Kuhse’s standards, I do not agree with the oncologist’s decision or actions. According to Kuhse, nurses should only have a position of “advocacy for patients” and should accept their apparently subservient role in the medical world. Her ideas state that truly caring

That being said, the nurse aids should have kept the patients clean and well taken care of. Most importantly, they should have respected them elderly or

Bridgett Beuckens How sad it is that nursing leaders allow, much less participate in such acts.  The stress and responsibilities this author was subjected to are not fair nor safe.   The ANA Code of Ethics addresses occurrences as in this scenario.   Provision 4.1 states nurses are responsible and accountable for the nursing care

Monday October 26th: Today at Moses Cone hospital, I was in the role of student nurse. I had two patients; one a returning patient, and the other a new patient. The nurse I was working with is someone I have never worked with before or even seen on the floor, but she seemed to be familiar with the unit. It was about 3-5-45 minutes into the shift before we received hand off report. After about 8 minutes of waiting to get report on the rest of her patients, my nurse went ahead and started to see patients.

Nursing is a highly respected profession and patients will seek advice from nurses. Therefore, nurses should learn how to react to situations that may not align completely with their own personal moral or ethical beliefs. Abandonment in the practice of nursing is not only detrimental to the health of patients involved, but to the nurse responsible for their care. If a nurse abandons his or her patients he or she has now been placed in a situation open to possible litigation, board discipline of classes or fines, and loss of licensure. As stated by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing, “abandonment may occur when a licensed nurse fails to provide adequate patient care until

After 30 minutes, the RN asked the CNA if she took the patient’s blood pressure. The CNA said no, because the RN did not tell her that she need the blood pressure now, so she can give the 9 am medicine. The five rights of delegation that are the right task, the right circumstances, the right person, the right direction/communication and the right supervision should be used by registered nurse to achieve an optimum care

Ethical Issues in Nursing: Nurse-Patient Ratios Megan Harvey, Katie McKelvery, Erica Robbins & Cassandra Tingley St. Johns River State College March 2018 Ethical Issues in Nursing: Nurse-Patient Ratios Every day nurses are faced with ethical dilemmas. Challenges in these situations are becoming more and more complex due to increasing workload and sicker patients. When a nursing unit is understaffed not only are nurses more likely to become burnt out, but their patients are far less likely to receive the quality of care they deserve. The problem is that the Federal regulations require hospitals who participate in Medicare to “have ‘adequate’ numbers of licensed nurses (RN, LPN, CNA) to provide care to all patients as needed,” but the regulations

The facilities enforcing protocols and policies to secure that employees are meeting government regulations. Doctors, nursing staff and support staff I must use their best ethical and moral judge in most case to ensure patients are being retreated. Thus, sometimes causing conflict with health care administration because health care workers sometimes unknowingly break policies or protocol by putting patients first. As well as hospitals and clinics have so many departments that there can be conflict of interest with patient care that can cause inconsistency with patient care (Santilli, J. el al., 2015, Para

Registered nurses are required to deliver wide-range nursing attention and treatment to all persons in a healthcare setup (American Nurses ' Association, 2000). Notably, they have to offer emergency care and guarantee the safe execution of treatment. It is mandatory for nurses to demonstrate a broad knowledge of the laws and regulations that are in line with their profession. Additionally,

According to people/superiors, nurses can use the right substantive arguments on behalf of a patient’s interests or needs. They accept that this expertise is important for patients because it is related to the quality of

Upon arriving to the unit this morning, I quickly realized today was going to be a chaotic day with the current patient census, and all of the new admissions. I was able to assist the night charge nurse with today’s assignments, while she helped with the code, and the day began. I informed my team that today was going to be a long day, and encouraged them to use each other and myself for help. I recommended they taking a few minutes to coordinate their work after receiving report. At 0745, when Jane informs me that the patient in 408 has fallen, I am quick to get into the room and do an assessment again.

When the nurse fails to communicate successfully with patients, it costs. It costs in unnecessary pain, in avoidable deaths, in poor health outcomes and in the prolongation of

The staffs number one priority is to save lives if it’s possible. Almost all hospitals have policies that say the nurses,

If proved the nurse can be charge under malpractice breaching of her duty. The nurse can be sued, fined or even get dismissed from her work depending on the severity of the