Introduction of Case
This case is about Ms. Finnerty, a registered nurse who files a petition against the decision of the Board of Registered Nurses after license revocation for failing to follow a resident’s physician order to intubate a critical patient. The scenario and request are based on a conflict between legality and ethics of delivering treatment to a critical patient. The Court of Appeal and petition court upholding that the case had no merits and denying the petitions aside from supporting that the nurse acted negligently and incompetently, there was a full confirmation of the legal requirements on the roles of a nurse (Finnerty v. Board of Registered Nursing, 2008). The decision of the nurse to decline the doctors’ order to intubate …show more content…
First, Finnerty failed to communicate with the interprofessional team to come up with a satisfactory solution that addresses the requests of the doctors and resident physician. She also implemented her process without consulting with the doctors about the repercussions of moving the patient to the ICU without intubation (Finnerty v. Board of Registered Nursing, 2008). The nurse also failed to add her ideas to the points that the other practitioners raised. The doctors may have missed a vital point about the standards, timing, and requirements which make it hard for the healthcare workers to perform their duties fearlessly and accordingly. Meyer terms these inconsistencies “unscientific, unfair, and unconstitutional public health measures” (Meyer, 2015, p. 121). All the parties involved in this case had a duty to report the occurrences of the day as they happened without deviating from the truth. This practice boosts the abilities of the administration to identify faults and deception in the healthcare institutions as well as throughout the …show more content…
All these three aspects work together to render the best services to the patient. This process led to the death of the patient either due to the procedure used or other reason not discussed in this case. However, strict compliance with best practices and the law are the only standard measures to determine where a practitioner is at fault. In this case, Finnerty did not comply with policy and law to ensure that she was not responsible for the patient death. Any non-compliance would either damage the credibility of the hospital as well as the failure to convince that such faults did not amount to the death regardless of the missing evidence. In an ethical perspective, the hospital has to protect the health of its patients alongside its reputation to keep the flow and demands
This case is about Ms. Finnerty, a registered nurse who files a petition against the decision of the Board of Registered Nurses after license revocation for failing to follow a resident’s physician order to intubate a critical patient. The scenario and request are based on a conflict between legality and ethics of delivering treatment to a critical patient. The Court of Appeal and petition court upholding that the case had no merits and denying the petitions aside from supporting that the nurse acted negligently and incompetently, there was a full confirmation of the legal requirements on the roles of a nurse (Finnerty v. Board of Registered Nursing, 2008). The decision of the nurse to decline the doctors’ order to intubate …show more content…
First, Finnerty failed to communicate with the interprofessional team to come up with a satisfactory solution that addresses the requests of the doctors and resident physician. She also implemented her process without consulting with the doctors about the repercussions of moving the patient to the ICU without intubation (Finnerty v. Board of Registered Nursing, 2008). The nurse also failed to add her ideas to the points that the other practitioners raised. The doctors may have missed a vital point about the standards, timing, and requirements which make it hard for the healthcare workers to perform their duties fearlessly and accordingly. Meyer terms these inconsistencies “unscientific, unfair, and unconstitutional public health measures” (Meyer, 2015, p. 121). All the parties involved in this case had a duty to report the occurrences of the day as they happened without deviating from the truth. This practice boosts the abilities of the administration to identify faults and deception in the healthcare institutions as well as throughout the …show more content…
All these three aspects work together to render the best services to the patient. This process led to the death of the patient either due to the procedure used or other reason not discussed in this case. However, strict compliance with best practices and the law are the only standard measures to determine where a practitioner is at fault. In this case, Finnerty did not comply with policy and law to ensure that she was not responsible for the patient death. Any non-compliance would either damage the credibility of the hospital as well as the failure to convince that such faults did not amount to the death regardless of the missing evidence. In an ethical perspective, the hospital has to protect the health of its patients alongside its reputation to keep the flow and demands