Professional Practice and Legislation in Healthcare: A Case Study Analysis

Professional Practice
and Legislation

Contents
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................3
PART 1.......................................................................................................................................................3
Explain two legal issues which are applicable in this case. Provide reference of relevant healthcare
legislation and the policies.......................................................................................................................3
What ethical issues are identified in case study? Explain two in details..................................................4
Analyze the ethical principles which are applicable to case study and support them with relevant
examples..................................................................................................................................................5
PART 2.......................................................................................................................................................6
Identify and then justify which parts of the Health legislation of New Zealand are relevant to the issues
discussed in Part 1...................................................................................................................................6
What recommendations would be given to health care assistant and to aged care facility to prevent this
situation in the future...............................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION...........................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES............................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The health care system in every nation must be strong enough in order to protect the
people and their health. In New Zealand, both the private as well as public healthcare is very
strong. The public care is mainly funded by the general taxation which is meant as the residents
receive the subsidized or the free medical care while private care is seen as more costly but they
offer speedy treatment. The healthcare of New Zealand is known as best in whole world but
there are many improvements which are to be made and the government is still working in order
to make it more accessible and affordable (Ben-Sefer & Shields, (2021)). This report is based on
the case study and split into two parts, of which first will deal with legal and ethical issues in
case study and the ethical principles which are applicable while second will deal with relevant
legislations of the New Zealand in healthcare system and recommendations to health care setting
to avoid such situation.
PART 1
Explain two legal issues which are applicable in this case. Provide reference of relevant
healthcare legislation and the policies.
The case study relates to Mrs. Smith who is suffering from dementia, osteoporosis and
hypertension. She also experiences the episodes of anxiety so she was on medication and the
registered nurse was required to provide timely medicine and regular check on her in every 15-
20 minutes. There are legal issues which are identified in this case study which includes the
following-
 Breach of Right of patient: It is very essential for the patients in any healthcare centre to
have access to the safe working environment (Penno and et. al., (2021)). As a registered
nurse is appointed for Mrs Smith in order to take care of her as due to deterioration in the
dementia of her, she faces regular anxiety related events so one of the registered nurse is
appointed for her in order to claim or settle her down. As it was essential to keep the
check on her in every 15-20 minutes and she was not asked to visit the bathroom alone
but when she was left unsupervised for 2 hours, she went to bathroom and as a result
slipped down on floor and thereby suffered hip fracture and some injury on back.