Suddenly, Mr. Smith was experiencing cognitive impairment known as psychosis. Due to emergency and presenting unordinary circumstances, the psychiatric nurse, Ms. Veering contacted Dr. Krauskopf, the psychiatrist at John Marshall Hospital. Dr. Krauskopf placed Mr. Smith on medication in order to calm him down and transferred him out of the ICU. Mr. Smith was placed on one-to-one nursing. At four a.m. on July 5, 2009, Mr. Smith was found in the bathroom hung by another patient.
They did not identify and manage risks relating to health and safety of the patient. They did not take reasonable steps to identify the possibility of abuse and to prevent it before it occurred. They failed in their responsibilities to provide appropriate training and supervision to staff. They did not operate an effective recruitment procedure. They id not respond appropriately to allegations of abuse.
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.
was a care home registered to Castlebeck Care Ltd a report by CQC had found that they had failed to ensure that people living at Winterbourne View were adequately protected from risk, including the risks of unsafe practices by its own staff. The report shows in several areas where the system failed these were •The managers did not ensure that major incidents were reported to the Care Quality Commission as required. • Planning and delivery of care did not meet people's individual needs. • They did not have robust systems to assess and monitor the quality of services. • They did not identify, and manage, risks relating to the health, welfare and safety of patients.
Abstract Stress in nursing is prevalent in healthcare system; the impact on patient care and other important aspects of nurse’s life is serious. Cognitive strategy was claimed to be the effective intervention toward the problem but evident did not reflect its validation. Stress management 3 Introduction Stress in nursing places patients at risk and threatens nurse’s wellbeing. Various strategies were revealed to have positive outcome on managing the issue but cognitive technique was claimed to be the effective one among the rest which is unlikely to be the fact as it has no concrete data to its validation. Background Stress in nursing is problematic as it affects the quality of patient’s care and, the impact of nurse’s burnout could be serious.
Bok RR1 In the easy “The Doctors’ Dilemma,” Sissela Bok explans why some doctors told lies to their seriously ill patients, and why doctors should be told the truth to their patients. For example, doctors discovered an old man had a form of cancer that he wil be die during few months. “Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patients – to speed recovery or conceal the approach of death?” (337). According to the author doctor, most of doctors are in a dilemma as to whether to tell the patients the truth about their conditions or not. At times, they don’t want seriously ill patients to feel miserable about their conditions.
Dementia is generally not diagnosed after the individual’s first GP appointment. However health care staff should consider making a referral to NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) when the individual is showing any signs of mild cognitive impairment for an assessment. 3.3 Describe how myths and stereotypes related to dementia may affect the individual and their
Is Assisted Suicide Ethically Justified? Chriss N. Thomas Philosophy of Ethics Dr. John Schmitz February 8, 2012 The choice a terminally ill patient makes should be available to them in the event they no longer want to suffer. According to Dame Jill Macleod Clark, who sits on the Council of Deans of Health, states “those who have cared for terminally ill patients, friends or family know their greatest fears and anxieties are about intractable sufferings, and their desire for a dignified and peaceful death” (2011). When patients who are terminally ill want to hear options the argument has been made that all options are not available because assisted suicide comes with scrutiny and consequences. On the other hand opponents of assisted suicide do not believe this is the only way to secure a good health alternative.
On July 13,2007, respondent was assigned to care for patient, who was admitted to the intensive care unit. From 11p.m., on July 13,2007 to approximately 4:45 a.m., on July 14, 2007, patient experienced a deterioration in his vital signs of decreased blood pressures and oxygen saturation levels. In addition during this time frame, several cardiac measurements were abnormal. During the above time frame, Nurse did not notify patient’s physician of his progressively deteriorating condition. Patient was coded at approximately 4:46 a.m., on July 14,2007, and expired later that evening.