Critical Analysis Essay of a Case Study on Professional Errors in Nurse Practice

Being a Professional
Nurse

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
The process of nursing involves significant steps which are assessment, diagnosis,
planning for outcomes, interventions and also evaluation of patients that have been considered as
core and essence of nurse effective practice (Starr, 2017). These effective practices of health
practitioners can able to deliver quality of services and palliative care to service seekers. The
effective practices includes collecting constant input and feedbacks from individuals and their
families are compulsory factors, which can provide a progress report of patients, this process is
also well known as evaluation period of service seekers. Whereas, occurrence of errors in the
process of evaluation of patients contributes negative influence on individual health factor which
can promote mortality of a patient. The professional errors prevailed due to factors such as
shortage of workforce, lack of quality of services etc. This essay underpins critical analysis of
professional errors in the nurse practice in the case of Patient A which lead her to mortality and
also suitable legislation which can be implemented in the case of an individual.
MAIN BODY
Case scenario
This essay delineate a case study was Patient A which is explained in brief below. On 5th
January 2013, Patient A who was 81 years old, reported problem of breathlessness and short
breathlessness from two days. On the examination of her lungs, GP observed that she was
dealing with fine crepes (bacterial infection) at the base of both lungs. GP asked her to have
clinical review after two days. The primary treatment which was given to Patient A was
commenced oral Lasix. On January 6th 2013, Patient A visited local hospital complaining again
in regards with shortness of breath. On 7th January, VMO (Visiting Medical Officer) reviews
condition of Patient A and asked for chest X-ray and blood tests. Whereas On 8th of Jan, Patient
A diagnosed diarrhoea and also right sided tenderness of individual's abdomen and he
recommended perfusion lung scan. On January 9th, Patient A reported dizziness. It is coincide
with an AF, rate of Atrial fibrillation (AF). On 10th VMO, reported Patient A, is depressed and
anxious. The VMO asked staff to mobilize him and should develop planning of her discharge at
1021 hours. Meanwhile, an individual felt unwell again and refused to eat. She seemed pale and
grey. On January 11, Registered Nurse, John, he read progress notes of Patient A, and in the
response, she reported, hospitals were not equipped to provide proper care to Patient A. She had