N520 Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing Module 5 Assignment
Professional Development Exercises :
Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter 11
(Guido, p. 222)
Did the facility have sufficient evidence to suspend the
nurse?
How should the testimony of the other nurses in the unit
affect the outcome of this case?
What additional questions should the institution address
before the court rules in this case?
How would you have ruled in this case?
Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter 12
(Guido, p. 238)
Did the ANP have a duty to consult with the child’s
physician or another emergency center physician regarding the possibility of
child abuse before she reported her findings to the case worker?
What questions would you anticipate might be asked regarding
the injury itself and the possibility that the child had caused her own injury?
Did the ANP have a duty to report the injury, even though
the diagnosis was not absolutely conclusive at the point that the child was
initially examined?
How would you determine liability in this case, assuming
that the trial court found liability against any of the three defendants?
Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter 16
(Guido, p. 329)
Did the nurse manager have a responsibility to supervise the
care of the patient?
Was the care of this patient appropriately assigned to the
LPN by the charge nurse, or could the charge nurse have delegated this
patient’s care more appropriately?
If the charge nurse assigned the care of the patient to the
LPN, did she retain any supervisory responsibility that would result in her
liability in this case?
How do the principles associated with delegation and
supervision figure into this case?
How would you decide this case?