Author Question: While performing the admission assessment of a new client, the nurse observed that the client ... (Read 129 times)

piesebel · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

While performing the admission assessment of a new client, the nurse observed that the client brought a bottle of over-the-counter pain medication to the hospital. The nurse failed to document this or remove the medication from the room.

Subsequently, the client experienced a serious adverse drug reaction as a result of the interaction between this drug and one of the drugs that she was prescribed in the hospital. This nurse may be guilty of what?

A) Assault
B) Malpractice
C) Failure of duty to warn
D) Incompetence

Question 2

Matt is a 41-year-old client who has a long history of intravenous heroin and cocaine use. He has been admitted to the hospital for the treatment of endocarditis and is adamant that his current pain control regimen is inadequate.

Some nurses on the unit are suspicious of Matt's motives and suspect that he is drug seeking. How should the nurse begin the process of applying Chally and Loriz's model for resolving ethical dilemmas?

A) Seek assistance from impartial informants.
B) Create a list of plausible alternatives.
C) Clarify exactly what the ethical dilemma is.
D) Ask if the client himself believes there to be an ethical dilemma.

InfiniteSteez · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: B
The four elements of nursing malpractice are evident in this scenario. Assault is an act that puts another person in apprehension of being touched or of bodily harm without consent, and failure of duty to warn surrounds a client's threat to harm another person. Incompetence, in the legal sense, surrounds a client's right to autonomy.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: C
The first step in Chally and Loriz's six-step model for resolving ethical dilemmas is clarifying the ethical dilemma.