Ethics 5

  • Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter 11 (Guido, p. 222) o Did the facility have sufficient evidence to suspend the nurse? o How should the testimony of the other nurses in the unit affect the outcome of this case? o What additional questions should the institution address before the court rules in this case? o How would you have ruled in this case? • Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter 12 (Guido, p. 238) o Did the ANP have a duty to consult with the child's physician or another emergency center physician regarding the possibility of child abuse before she reported her findings to the case worker? o What questions would you anticipate might be asked regarding the injury itself and the possibility that the child had caused her own injury? o Did the ANP have a duty to report the injury, even though the diagnosis was not absolutely conclusive at the point that the child was initially examined? o How would you determine liability in this case, assuming that the trial court found liability against any of the three defendants? • Read the case study presented at the end of Chapter 16 (Guido, p. 329) o Did the nurse manager have a responsibility to supervise the care of the patient? o Was the care of this patient appropriately assigned to the LPN by the charge nurse, or could the charge nurse have delegated this patient's care more appropriately? o If the charge nurse assigned the care of the patient to the LPN, did she retain any supervisory responsibility that would result in her liability in this case? o How do the principles associated with delegation and supervision figure into this case? o How would you decide this case? Please put answer questions in essay format.