Question

The physician order’s o.o5 mg of Lanoxin elixir Po daily for a baby. A nurse makes a medication error of administering 0.5 mg and the patient goes in to cardiac arrest. That nurse must now go before the ethics committee. The nurse is faced with a discussion of the code of ethics for nursing.

1. Discussion: Describe the nursing practice that is consistent with the code of ethics for nursing and decide where the nurse violated the code.

2. Discuss nursing practice that could have prevented the error.

Answer 1

1. Describe the nursing practice that is consistent with the codes of ethics and whether the nurse violated the codes.

Answer :

Codes of ethics in nursing

The first international code of ethics for nurses

• International Council of Nurses (ICN)

The examples of national codes of ethics for nurses.

• . American Nurses Association (ANA)
•   Canadian Nurse Association

As there are many different associations, many codes of ethics are adopted.

But to make it easy for understanding , I am discussing the code of ethics given by International Council for Nurses(ICN)

Include 4 principal elements:

1. Nurses and people

• The nurse’s primary professional responsibility is to people requiring nursing care. Protection of the rights of privacy and confidentiality
• The human rights, values, customs and spiritual beliefs of the community.
• Ensures individual receives accurate, sufficient and timely information in a good manner.

2 Nurses and practice

• Authority, accountability, and responsibility
• Maintaining competence by continual learning.
• Responsibility for nursing judgment, decisions, and action.

    3 Nurses and profession

• Implementation of acceptable standards of clinical nursing practice, management, research, and education.
• Create a positive practice environment and maintaining safe working conditions in nursing.

4 Nurses and co-workers

• A collaborative and respectful relationship with co-workers in nursing.

It is clear from the above discussion that the nurse has violated the code of ethics.

The nurse should always have information about that she/he is using for the patient, drug usage , side effects and working equipment, technology.

The nurse must take care guidelines seriously provided by professionals.

The nurse should be accountable always for his actions.

Violation of these codes

• Nurse and people
• Nurse and practice
• Nurse and profession

2. Discuss nursing practice that could have prevented the error.

Answer:

If the nurse was accountable and responsible for her duty,

have information about the dosage of drugs, records of maintaining dose

, this error could have prevented.

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