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ACS Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

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ACS Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct

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Running head: A NURSES’ ROLE ACCORDING TO THE ACS CODE OF CONDUCTA nurses’ role according to the ACS code of conductName of the student:Name of the University:Author note:
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1A NURSES’ ROLE ACCORDING TO THE ACS CODE OF CONDUCTAll the registered nurses have to follow the code of professional conduct for nurses inAustralia. The code of professional conduct provides the nurses and the midwives with somerules the professional nurses have to uphold by any means (Chang, & Daly, 2015). In thementioned case study, Patient-A was admitted to the hospital on 6 January 2013 and died on12 January 2013. A registered nurse has been found guilty of conduction unsatisfactoryservice as she could not understand the seriousness of patient-A’s condition and failed torespond accordingly. The nurse has violated the professional code of conduct. The duty of the respondent Nurse-in-charge Ms. Conyard started at 1430 hours on 11thJanuary. After reading the instructions, she was immediately informed about the patient’scondition (Marquis, 2012). As she read the conditions of the patient, she understood that thepatient is in serious condition but she was made aware that the doctor of the patient is notavailable at that time (Andre, & Heartfield, 2011 ). She decided that she would arrange anappointment to see the patient by the locum who usually arrives 6 hours later. She needed tocall the patient’s doctor immediately but she did not and waited for the locum who is notaware of the patient’s history.The patient’s situation deteriorated at 1720hrs with nausea and abdominal pain. Herrespiratory rates was very low and very lower blood pressure was of 89/53. The heart rate ofthe patient was just 88. The enrolled nurse made the nurse-in-charge Ms. Conyard registerednurse aware of the situation. However, the registered nurse decided to review the patient bythe locum whose timing was after 4 hours from that time (Adrian, & Chiarella, 2010). Thepatient was unattended by any doctor for near about 7 hours in total. The responded did noteven recorded the patient’s vital at that time. Apart from having unstable vitals, the patientwas reported to have continuous diarrhea. The respondent, Ms. Conyard still did not informany doctor about the patient’s condition (Thompson, 2012). She should have called the doctor
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2A NURSES’ ROLE ACCORDING TO THE ACS CODE OF CONDUCTon emergency. She reported that the doctor was not present at the situation though the doctorsaid that he was present. The respondent nurse-in-charge Ms. Conyard did not even lookproperly that which doctor was on call that time and which doctor is free.At 2100 hrs, two registered nurses assessed the patient-A according to ISBAR andred-listed the patient. The patient was described in the assessment as “deteriorating” andneeds to be assessed by a doctor ASAP. Red listing a patient means the patient has bereviewed by a doctor within 10 minutes (Adrian, & Chiarella, 2010). However, the locumarrived at 2200 hrs (almost 2 hours after the nurses has red-listed the patient) but theemergency on call doctor reviewed the patient at 2300hrs (Almost 4 hrs after the red-listing).As the nurse-in-charge Ms. Conyard decided earlier that she would make an appointmentwith the locum as soon as he arrives, she failed to do that. The respondent Ms. Conyard did not contacted any doctor about the patient’scondition. Ms. Conyard said that Dr. Heron, who was treating the patients was not present,which turned out to be incorrect (Schneider, & Whitehead, 2013). She did not contact thelocum when he arrived and the on-call emergency physician was called at the last moment.The respondent nurse has breached many NMBA professional codes of conducts,which she has to follow at any condition. The conduct statement 2 states the nurses have topractice according to the standard of profession. The nurses have to practice and widen thestandard of quality and safe caregiving (Nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au, 2008). Though therespondent nurse Ms. Conyard is experienced enough to be the in charge that day, she hasviolated this code of conduct (Thompson, 2012). She has failed to perform the basic ofnursing, as she did not take charge during the situation though being informed of the situationand failed to provide the patient quality caregiving.
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