Health Law

Running head: HEALTH LAW
HEALTH LAW
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HEALTH LAW
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Question 1
All the staffs in the nursing homes must know all the regulation processes and the
importance of regulations that helps in governing the nursing home care effectively. The
basic regulation processes in a general nursing home includes proper rights for all the
residents, there must be freedom from abuse neglect and exploitation, nursing homes should
plan a person-centred care of planning and should put effort on the quality of life and quality
of care. All the physician, nursing and pharmacy services should be maintained appropriately.
There should be a specialized rehabilitation unit in every nursing homes and should provide
an infection control program in order to maintain the work environment and also the faculties
free from infectious diseases (Furrow et al., Health Law). Many nurses working on the
hospital are prone to infections, which are referred as the healthcare-associated infections
(HAIs). In many parts on the world, now also these infections arise and remain untreatable.
The nursing homes also take no actions regarding such issues (Gottrup et al.,2013).

HEALTH LAW
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Question2
In the case study, seeing Mary’s condition her friend, Arlene rushed for a doctor and
found Dr. Knott there. He helped Arlene in treating her friend. Seeing no improvement in
Mary’s condition, when she again called for Dr. Knott, she came to know that Dr. Knott was
not a licensed nurse practitioner. She found that he is a college nursing professor and have a
nursing license but is not related to the practices of nursing staff in the hospital. Never the
less, he was not employed in ECNH either. Therefore, it raised issues like how an
unauthorised nurse practitioner treat an unconscious patient and that also without exposing
his identity. All these were against the regulation process (Schrems, 2013) in general but the
nursing home took no action against it. A nurse practitioner must be a licensed practical nurse
or LPN, which helps in the identification that the nurse practitioner acquires the basic
knowledge that is required for a safe practice and helps in recovery of the patient. A
registered nurse (RN) and LPN are different. There are different exams and the learning
procedures are also different. Hence, a licensed nurse cannot be a registered nurse
practitioner. Licensure generally is granted to the states and not the federal government.
Hence, Dr. Knott’s actions should be complained in the higher authorities and needed actions
should be taken as early as possible in order to save the future patients from the same
condition as suffered by Mary.