Nurse Consulting

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Examines legal and ethical issues involved in a court case. Case scenario of how nurses handled an intoxicated alcoholic female partient in a hospital, & their subsequent loss of their jobs based on patient abuse. Discusses 3 ethical issues and 2 legal issues of the case. Recommended strategies for this case scenario.

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"Legal Nurse Consulting
Case Scenario


An intoxicated alcoholic female patient was brought into the hospital. Two female registered nurses and other personnel applied physical restraints to the patient since she behaved in an assaultive and combative manner. The patient would not let go of one of the nurse's hands and her fingernails were puncturing the hand. The other nurse administered a painful pinch to the patient on the inside of her upper arm to get the patient to release her grip. Both nurses were fired for patient abuse. The case was brought to the Court of Appeals of Arkansas in 1996. The court ruled that the nurse did not administer intentional patient harm or intentional disregard of professional nursing standards and that the nurses should not have been fired. "

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