Legal and Professional Issues in Nursing

LEGAL AND
PROFESSIONAL
ISSUES IN
NURSING

INTRODUCTION
 The chosen healthcare scenario is a
patient was treated against the will of
his own.
 Legal rights of the patients have been
hampered
 The discussion has been done on the
basis of the scenario

DESCRIPTION OF THE HEALTHCARE
SCENARIO
 The patient has some sort of
malfunctioning in the
kidney.
 Due to severe deterioration
of the condition doctor
decided to operate.
 Due to Social Security
Disability, individual is not
liable for rejecting treatment
(Torrey, 2018).
 No proper information about
operation is given to
patients
 In this situation, the
patient's right is seen to be
violated.