Why did the nurse choose to silence the alarm with no further action? It is very clear in this scenario that the ER had gotten very busy and the nurse was very likely overwhelmed and distracted. The quickest and easiest thing to do was to silence the alarm and move on. The next question that comes to mind is why was the patient not on ECG monitoring? Why had his respirations not been monitored?
| PHYSICIAN ASSISTED SUISIDE | | | Shaika Broussard | 7/10/2012 | | SOC 120 INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WILLIAM BANKS I remember when I was a young girl my grandmother went into the hospital, there is where we watched her unbearable suffering. The pain was as great as a family, we felt so helpless there was nothing we could do. The medicine was not working nor comforting her anymore. Even the sight of family members was not helpful .It appeared that nothing seemed to work, my heart was breaking for her. The doctors couldn’t seem to make it stop are make her all better.
The patient has a history of diabetics and hypertension and she is ESRD. She did not receive her dialysis because her dialysis access was not working. The same time she was desaturation. I had to call the primary doctor to come and see. They monitored the patient very closely.
Task D Stafford Hospital A report on the failings, poor management and standards of care. Over the years there have been a number of failings resulting in a great number of deaths, this resulted in the public becoming extremely concerned due to the amount of relatives that have died due to the abuse and neglect of the staff at Staffordshire hospital. Numerous reports were made by relatives all of which were ignored, one particular relative demanded a meeting with the head of staff after writing numerous reports on their findings of the failings outlining the bad practice and poor standards of care of a particular department and was given a meeting which lasted no more than 10 minutes. During this meeting the person was made to feel that they were a nuisance and the report they made was untrue. Patients also made formal complaints, due to contracting C-diff, E-coli, Mrsa and severe pressure sores.
Through the hospital and Ms. Martinez’s eyes Kevin neglected the patient; leaving the patient in the gurney for an unacceptable duration of time for another staff member to move. However, According to Nurse Kevin the reason behind not moving the patient from the gurney to the bed is due to Nurse Kevin’s on-going back issues that have been in existence since he began working for the hospital. The patient that was to be moved was also extremely large and heavy. As we all know typical duties of a nurse on a unit in most hospitals may sometime require physical exertion of one’s body. With that being said, Nurse Kevin seemed to be able to perform most other physical duties excluding moving a patient from a gurney to a bed.
"Unfortunately, we have no way of predicting who would have this type reaction," Zeichner said, advising that patients only take prescriptions given to them by their doctors. He said they should report any reactions following new medicines immediately to their doctors. And, if necessary, go to the emergency room. PHOTO: Yaasmeen Castanada is in intensive care after having a severe allergic reaction to a mediation that caused her body to burn from the inside out. Laura
The patient made it very clear that she did not want the phlebotomist to draw her blood (Finnegan, 2013).This same phlebotomist has drawn her for several days for a Prothrombin Time (PT) and Activated Thromboplastic Time (aPTT) without incident, so he reports this situation to the nurse. The nurse informs the phlebotomist that the patient has formed a complaint against him and did not want him, in particular, to draw her blood. The blood had been drawn from the dorsal side of her hand for several days, which was now bruised and swollen. The patient complained of moderate pain, especially when she moved her fingers. Upon observation there was a diffuse ecchymosis over the dorsal side of the hand that extends up the forearm to the elbow.
My friend lifted up her shirt, showed her a bright red (not pink) belly, and told her mother she had been calling and informing the doctor's office for days. They simply told her it was normal to have pain, not to worry, and they could not fit her in for an appointment until the following week. From the site of my friends stomach, her mother rushed her to the emergency room in horror. What my friend had was a horrible disease called necrotizing fasciitis and it had spread through parts of her body like wild fire. So I began investigating and found that she was not the only one.
The client worked as a medical secretary and blamed the position of the desk and chair she sat at for her shoulder pain her desk was in a corner and she had to constantly twist into an awkward position. These symptoms started gradually but over time they began to affect her general quality of life and morale. Pain increased, particularly at night leaving her tired during the daytime and she started to experience problems manipulating her arm, especially when dressing. After attending her GP who conducted a thorough examination, which included assessment of active and passive range of movements (ROMs), and further investigations which included x-rays which looked normal and blood tests a diagnosis of Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis) was reached. It was decided that a plan of conservative treatment would follow which aims would be to relieve pain and prevent further stiffening this involved administering analgesic and anti – inflammatory drugs with stretching and reaching exercises and physiotherapy.
RUNNING HEAD: RIGHT TO DIE Right to Die Roseann Martin PHI 208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor: Susan Smith 6/24/2014 RUNNING HEAD: RIGHT TO DIE 1 End of life medical issues are a very controversial topic. Everyone has their own opinion and ethical stand point on the right to die or die with dignity issue. This is an issue I personally feel very strong about. I worked in nursing homes as a certified nursing assistant for a long time. I have seen the health and quality of life of people deteriorate every day.