Legal and Professional Issues in Nursing Name of the University Author Note: 4 Key Events: 4 1. Absence of the surgeon: 5 Legal: 5 Ethical: 6 5. Uncertain Status of medicatat: 7 Legal: 7 Ethical: 7 5.
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Running head: LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN NURSINGLegal and professional issues in NursingName of the studentName of the UniversityAuthor note
1LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN NURSINGTable of ContentsIntroduction:...............................................................................................................................4Key events:.................................................................................................................................41.Absence of the surgeon:......................................................................................................5Legal:......................................................................................................................................5Ethical:...................................................................................................................................62.Improper nurse – patient Ratio:..........................................................................................6Legal:......................................................................................................................................6Ethical:...................................................................................................................................73.Improper recording in the documents:................................................................................7Legal:......................................................................................................................................7Ethical:...................................................................................................................................74.Uncertain status of medication administration:..................................................................8Legal:......................................................................................................................................8Ethical:...................................................................................................................................85.Inability of the nurses to recognize the patient acuity:.......................................................9Legal:......................................................................................................................................9
2LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN NURSINGEthical:...................................................................................................................................96.Improper judgment of the nurses:.......................................................................................9Legal:....................................................................................................................................10Ethical:.................................................................................................................................107.Distress of the female patient:..........................................................................................10Legal:....................................................................................................................................10Ethical:.................................................................................................................................118.Absence of administration from the hospital authority:...................................................11Legal:....................................................................................................................................11Ethical:.................................................................................................................................119.Absence of the Nurse-in-charge:......................................................................................12Legal:....................................................................................................................................12Ethical:.................................................................................................................................12Conclusion:..............................................................................................................................13
3LEGAL AND PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN NURSINGIntroduction: The profession of nursing is the holistic approach to the society and the nurses areresponsible towards their patients, employers and their society. Every nurse should havedistinct ethical feelings on their mind to provide the patients with competent care. Theirloyalty to ethics is also responsible for their contribution to the society and the profession. Itis very important that the nurses have an understanding over various ethical, legal andprofessional issues, which they would often face while working in a healthcare facility(Morton et al. 2017). The Hong code of ethics for the nurses has divided the code into fourmain parts. They are respectively Nurses and people (the responsibility of a nurse towardsthe patients), Nurses and practice (the responsibility of a nurse to provide the patients withsafe and competent care), Nurses and Profession (a nurse’s responsibility towards the holisticprofession of nursing) and Nurses and society (responsibility of a nurse to the society). Anurse practicing in Hong Kong would also have to be accountable with the laws relevant tothe profession (Nchk.org.hk 2017). Key events:When Mr. Symes, the patient who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy on 21stMay morning, reported that he is experiencing severe abdominal pain, his surgeonfailed to assess him. However, a Medical Officer (MO) was present there whoassessed him and contacted the surgeon. Both of them made a join decision ofprescribing 10 mg morphine to the patient subcutaneously. The Extended Day Only Unit (EDOU) was at full capacity that day and only twoRegistered Nurses (RN) were the only nurses who was rostered to the attend the nightshift that day. The nurse-patient ratio was improper at that day.
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