Amputation Nightmare Angie Simpson, RN HCS 478 November 4, 2013 Fran Mieczowski Amputation Nightmare It would be a nightmare to wake up from surgery with the wrong limb amputated or the wrong surgery performed. This is exactly what happened to Joseph Benson. He went into the hospital for surgery for amputation of his left leg just below the knee. When he woke up from surgery he awakened to find out his right leg had been amputated instead. The hospital has not officially commented on this but has had other issues recently from “nursing shortages and union problems” (Lowel, 2013).
ASSIGNMENT 204 - TASK B – RESEARCH AND ACCOUNT IDENTIFY TWO REPORTS ON SERIOUS FAILURES TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS ON ABUSE. WRITE AN ACCOUNT THAT DESCRIBES THE UNSAFE PRACTICES IN THE REVIEWS. REPORT 1 Concerns at Winterbourne View Hospital first came to light after a charge nurse raised the issues with the hospital in October 2010 and his allegations were passed on to the local authority, South Gloucestershire council, in its capacity as lead safeguarding agency and then relayed to the CQC in December 2010 but nothing was done. In May 2011 the BBC released undercover footage about the appalling way vulnerable residents at Winterbourne View Hospital were being treated, once the footage was released it came into light that the owners of Winterbourne View, health regulators, local health services and the police had failed to act upon increasing warning signs. On the 18TH June 2011 the CQC published its findings following an inspection of services provided at Winterbourne View.
b. The MD changed Mary’s medication to phenobarbital. In your opinion is this a good change? Why or why not? c. Mary returns to the MDs office in a month and says she doesn’t like the phenobarbital and wants to go back on the phenytoin but it upsets her stomach.
Case Brief: Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals (92-102), 509 U.S. 579 (1993) Facts: Jason Daubert and Eric Schuler, minor children (Plaintiffs), suffered limb reduction birth defects. They claim that the defects were caused when their mothers ingested Bendectin, an anti-nausea prescription drug manufactured by Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Defendant), while they were pregnant. According to the Plaintiffs’ experts, the drug manufactured by the Defendant caused the deformities. However, the majority of the scientific field does not agree that the drug causes limb deformities and the Federal Drug Authority (FDA) continues to approve of its use in pregnant women. Question(s): Was the expert testimony offered by the Plaintiffs’ witnesses
Responding to the Public Alternative Assignment Charles M. Griggs Jr. University of Phoenix HCS 539 Martha Owen January 29, 2012 Responding to the Public Alternative Assignment Employees of Hospitals and Medical Centers periodically make medical mistakes during surgeries, and other treatment procedures. A California woman by the named Ana Jimenez-Salgado sued LAC & USC medical center of Los Angeles for performing a double mastectomy based on an incorrect pathology report. Surgeons removed Ana Salgado’s breasts after a pathologist claimed he discovered cancerous cells in her breasts during a biopsy that occurred August 8, 2007. Ana Jimenez underwent reconstructive breast surgery, however; “the hospital’s pathologists examined the issue and concluded she never had breast cancer” (Associated Press, 2010, p. 1). Jimenez-Salgado
Asylums Natasha Patterson 800266637 Psych 431-001 Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville Mondale and Patton (1988) show us that there is an ardent yet balanced plea for the asylums as a haven for those who were mentally ill. This historical view of the “The Asylum” illustrates the history of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, DC. Elements of Mondale and Patton (1988) documentary present the historical events of St. Elizabeth through the eyes of the patients, the workers, reformers, and the public. The two historians debate their disagreements about the pros and cons of mental hospitals for the mentally ill. Treatments for the mentally ill are depicted as well as the role which psychoanalytic and psychoanalysis contributions and ideas are seen in the history of the asylum.
(a) In jurisdictions following the Ultramares doctrine, under what conditions can auditors be held liable under common law to third parties who are not primary beneficiaries? (b) How do jurisdictions that follow the legal precedent inherent in the Rusch Factors case differ from jurisdictions following Ultramares? (a) Under Ultramares dorctrine, ordinary negligence is insufficient for liability to third parties because the lack of privity of contract between the third party and the auditor unless the third party is a primary beneficiary, However, if the auditor had been grossly negligence and committed constructively fraud or fraud during his or her audit, he or she could be held liable to third parties who are not primary beneficiaries. In Phar-Mor case, Coopers & Lybrand’s Attorneys argued that Coopers & Lybrand’s had only been ordinary negligence and tried to convince the jury that Coopers & Lybrand’s could not discover the fraud because Phar-Mor’s management was involved in that massive fraud and worked together to hide evidence. In addition, the investors and creditors of Phar-Mor did not have a written agreement with the auditor, Coopers & Lybrand’s, defining Coopers & Lybrand’s duty.
A piece of evil had entered me.” (Bazelon, 2007) We cannot assume all patients have the same post trauma, this woman may have had a psychological disorder, or received extreme amounts of pressure or stress before encountering her abortion. Statistically, after a study in California of medicare patients who received abortions, researchers say that 44% complained of nervous disorder, 31% had regrets about the abortions and 11% were prescribed psychotropic drugs by medical doctors (AfterAbortion, 2011). Putting into perspective that this studying was strictly done in California can allow for a bias opinion, as different parts of the country have different religions, cultures and abortion laws or
Four years later, she was admitted to the school clinic, supposedly to have her appendix removed. It was years later that Muir learned that she had been sterilized.” (Unknown, The Sterilization of the Intellectually Challenged) The Famous Five are supposed to be a group that supports and aids others; ironically the Alberta Sexual Sterilization Act, that they helped to pass, was hurting others. If history books do not record everything, both negative and positive, the suffering and agony felt by Muir and others like her, will be forgotten. In doing so, everyone would live a lie; that all famous figures were and are perfect. Plus, Members of the Eugenics Movement saw themselves as nation-builders.
First, I will start with case No. 2011-962; adjudicated on June 3rd 2011.This registered nurse received her RN license in 1987. Accusation was held against her related to gross negligence and unprofessional conduct in four different causes for discipline and all happened in year 2007. According to one of the accusations: Gross Negligence/Incompetence: (a) under Code section 2761 (a)(1), on the grounds of gross negligence and/or incompetence, Respondent failed to timely notify patient's physician of the deterioration in his health care status. On July 13,2007, respondent was assigned to care for patient, who was admitted to the intensive care unit.