N520 Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing Module 3 Assignment
Professional Development Exercises :
Describe the kinds of evidence that a plaintiff can present
in order to establish a negligent act. What defenses can a defendant present in
order to refute a plaintiff’s evidence?
How do statutes of limitations protect professional
nurse-defendants? Do they also protect the injured parties?
What can staff nurses do to protect patients from
quasi-intentional torts? Does this differ from the nurse manager’s role in
preventing quasi-intentional torts?
Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter 5
(Guido, p. 67).
Does the failure to document an admission nursing assessment
equate with the fact that this nurse did no admission nursing assessment?
What might the patient’s attorney further allege in his
supplemental report?
How would one decide the standard of care for this patient?
How would you decide the outcome of this case?
Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter 6
(Guido, p. 96)
Was there negligence in this case and who should be liable
for the negligence?
What type of damages should be assessed and how would you
begin to determine the amount to assess?
Given that there were multiple individuals involved in this
case as well as the institution that employed these individuals, how would you
determine the percentage of liability for the multiple defendants, assuming
that more than one defendant should be assessed with damages?
How would you decide this case?
Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter 7(Guido,
p. 115)
Were there damages that should be paid to this patient for
negligence?
Who should be the individuals responsible for these damages?
For example, is the surgeon the individual most liable for the damages owed to
the patient?
Should the Bovie manufacturer also have been included in the
lawsuit?
Are there any defenses that the defendants could cite that
would mitigate their liability to this patient?
How should the court decide the damage awards in this
instance?