Nursing Ethics Case Paper

On 8/1/2015 S/O EMT Perez was dispatched to FC-609 regarding a fall. S/O EMT Perez announced hispresnece and knocked at the door and was verbally greeted in by the resident. The fallen resident, a Mrs. Ida Looney stated she lost her balance and fell while trying to get up from the living room couch and was unable to get up on her own strength, Mrs. Looney was on the couch by the time S/O EMT Perez arrived. Mrs. Looney stated that; she was unaware of any change in medications nor was she aware that she was on any blood thinners, She did recall and remember the fall and was unaware and or could not recolect weather or not she was seeing a doctor here at riderwood. Mrs. Looney seemed to be a bit complacent mentally to which her spouse said was

RP spoke to Ms. Oliver and asked for her licensee and Ms. Oliver admitted that she was not a licensed facility. RP asked if she has been administering the medication

The operator was identified through a Pennsylvania driver 's license as Michael John CONTI Jr. While speaking with CONTI I observed signs and symptoms indicating the recent use of marijuana. Your affiant verified the status of CONTI 'S license and learned it was suspended, which was verified through a certified drivers history by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Received a report on 10/7/15 stating Ms. McGinnis was not given medication properly and scoring a 0 on MMSE. Son, Michael McGinnis reported he gave her dose of Methadone because she was hurting. Ms. McGinnis admitted to WBMC on 10/6 with chest pain and hypertension. While on medical unit, she was confused, pulling the cardiac monitor off, yelling, screaming, cursing the nurses, disrobing, and refused meds. On 10/7 she transferred to Senior Care she remained until 10/28 3:30.

At approximately 1538 hrs. Inmate Shillinger, Sheena MNI# 000421 was in Booking Release cell 105 waiting for a D.C.F visit. Deputy Nurse was walking past cell 105 and observed Inmate Schillinger laying on her left side on the floor stating that she had fallen. Inmate Shillinger was removed from the cell and escorted to the Booking’s Nurses Station and evaluated by E.M.T. Witherell. Inmate Schillinger, Sheena completed her Department of Children 's and Families visit and was escorted back to her assigned housing unit (Medical).

On the day of her MRI procedure, June 19, 1998, Ms. Duncan presented herself at Scottsdale Medical Imaging where she underwent an MRI examination. Ms. Duncan requested sedative for her back condition in order to undergo an MRI examination. As Ms. Duncan mentioned prior to her visits at the facility that she only accepts demerol or morphine as the sedation for her procedure. She was assured by a nurse over the phone that she will only be administered by the two drugs mentioned above for her procedure. However, she was administered with fentanyl in lieu of demerol or morphine as she demanded by Nurse Gary Fink, despite the facts that Duncan repeated herself three times that if it is not demerol or morphine then she would have to reschedule her MRI appointment.

The existing law also has the ability, to give the board powers to put him or her on probation depending on the conditions. Therefore, information obtained from the MBC, in fiscal year 2015-2016, received 8,679 complaints against physicians and surgeons and unlicensed individuals alleged to be practicing medicine without a license. These complaints include allegations including excessive prescribing, gross negligence/incompetence, licensee self-abuse of drugs or alcohol, convictions of a crime and general unprofessional

• The applicant must not be a board member, officer or owner of a medical marijuana dispensary that had its registration revoked or the application must not have had his/her previous agent registration card revoked. If the applicant does not get any response within 30 days, he is considered to have a conditionally valid registration card until further notice. Agent registration cards are valid for 1 year and they can be renewed upon application and acceptance.

Currently, in health care, licensure is a regulatory process in each state to ensure its health care professionals are minimally competent and protects public safety (Thompson & Robin, 2012). Licensure is a state’s grant of legal authority to practice a profession within a designated scope of practice. Under the licensure system, states define each health care licensure by statute, the tasks and function or scope of practice of a profession and provide that these tasks may be legally performed only by those who are licensed. As such, licensure prohibits anyone from practicing the profession who is not licensed, regardless of whether or not the individual has been certified by a private organization. In this paper we contrast the Arkansas State Board of Nursing and the Arkansas State Board of Health- Section of Emergency Medical Services and how each board establishes professional standards and protect public safety.

Pursley seemed very confused about what was happening and attempted to leave. Based on Pursley 's behavior and the objective symptoms of alcohol use, Deputy Carrillo and I placed Pursley under arrest and into handcuffs. We walked Pursley to the holding area where Deputy Catano #4487 searched Pursley 's purse incident to her arrest, and located numerous medications that were not in appropriately marked medication bottles. There were approximately six different types of mixed medications loose in her purse, one of which was a pink pill marked E401. This particular pill is a prescription amphetamine which, without a prescription, is a violation of California Health and Safety Code section 11377 (a).

Covert use of medication can be seen as dishonest as the NMC code (2015) states respect the level to which people receiving care want to be involved in decisions about their own health, wellbeing and care; the code of practice also states act with honesty and integrity at all times, treating people fairly. In contrast however, Beauchamp and Childress (2009) highlights non disclosure, limited discolour, deception or lying may be considered when veracity and the principle of autonomy is thought to conflict with other ethical obligation. Jean was given the opportunity to understand and evaluate what was being asked and was provided with all relevant information to support their decision making process.

There were specific situations that led to the cause of Julie Thao's actions of medication error and the death of Jasmine. The situation could have completely been avoided had Julie followed the code of ethics and avoided shorts to provide proper care for the patient. The state claimed that Thao's mistake was caused by actions, omissions and unapproved shortcuts, however, there were other factors that played a role in her carelessness as well. While failure to comply with procedure has been a factor in the medication administration error, other factors contributed as well. For example, failure to properly use the information system, or to ignore alerts or warnings have also resulted in preventable errors (Nelson, Evan, & Gardener, 2005).

A Bordentown family physician’s license was temporarily suspended for prescribing up to 720 opioid pain pills a month without any physical exams or documentation of a legitimate need for the drugs, according to the Division of Consumer Affairs. The physician, Dr. Moishe Starkman, allegedly prescribed large amounts of Fentanyl, Oxycodone, and similar drugs to five patients over the course of five years. From 2012 to 2017, he wrote them prescriptions without legitimate reasons until he agreed to a suspension of his license until a hearing on the allegations with the state Board of Medical Examiners, according to the New Jersey Attorney General’s press release. “We allege that instead of providing legitimate medical care to his patients, Dr. Starkman simply wrote them prescription after prescription for highly addictive drugs without so much as taking their temperature,” Attorney General Porrino said.

Only consumers with medical conditions as determined by a licensed state physician, will have identification cards that allow them to carry medical cannabis for this specific purpose. Medical cannabis will be available in different alternatives such as via smoking, vaporizers, edibles and topical, it all depends on the medical condition that the patient has. In the other hand medical cannabis growers or dispensaries may be limited to a certain number of plants or products per patient, in order to control the distribution of the

Missed identification of shock symptoms in Ms. Gadner 2. IV infiltration being missed resulting in her not receiving fluid ordered 3. “Scanty documentation” depriving the physician of information on Ms. Gadner’s current condition 4. Administration of valium and morphine, contraindicated in shock, nursing not questioning the order 5. Didn’t communicate need for transfer to Dr. Dick.