NMC Code Of Professional Conduct Analysis

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In adherence to paragraph five of the NMC code of professional Conduct (2008) which requires nurses to maintain anonymity and confidentiality, a pseudonym is used in this critical incident for the identity of the patient. The patient will be called John. I was a novice in my last placement in a dementia ward. It was a Monday morning, all the patients were having their breakfast in the lounge .It was my second week of placement where I was asked by a nurse to go and observe a suicidal patient suffering from anorexia nervosa. The patient was a 37 year old male named John. When I got to John’s room he was asleep. During observation, John woke up and started reacting upon seeing me as he was expecting to see the other nurse. He looked very

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