KAPLAN MN506 Unit 3 Discussion Latest 2019 JULY Question # 00602728 Subject: Education Due on: 07/04/2019 Posted On: 07/04/2019 08:56 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.8/5
MN506 HEALTH POLICY, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM
Unit 3 Discussion
Topic: Application
of Standards of Care
For the
case scenario, discuss the standard(s) of care that the parties will be held to
in this case. How will the standards of care and the Nurse Practice Act for
your state be applied in a court of law if the case is sued?
Case
Scenario
SK, age 61,
was admitted to the hospital. Because of understaffing of nurses in the
hospital, her assigned RN did not assess her often enough and did not monitor
her oxygen level.
SK went to
the hospital with what she thought was a bad cold, and was admitted with a
diagnosis of pneumonia. Following admission, she became increasingly feverish
and short of breath, but her family’s calls for help went unanswered. In fact,
her daughter was unable to find anyone when she went to the nurses’ station
looking for help. The patient eventually stopped breathing, and someone finally
responded to the family’s desperate and frantic calls for help. SK was
successfully resuscitated, but sustained brain damage due to oxygen
deprivation. She was left unable to walk, talk, or care for herself.
There were
41 other patients on this unit. Although the hospital’s own staffing standards
called for 5 registered nurses and 2 licensed practical nurses to staff this
unit, only 3 registered nurses were on duty. Records for the unit in question
indicated that the hospital failed to meet its own staffing standards for 51
out of 59 days before this incident.
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