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grave discussion: 50 points possible Discussion 1 deflect: The Concept of Safety Case Study Leslie Jones is a 24-year-old female admitted to the hospital with appendicitis. The physician orders 2 mg Morphine sulfate IV for pain. Two nurses, Jennifer Johnson and Paul Richards, are present when the physician issues verbal orders for the patient. Jennifer, the patient's primary nurse, withdraws 4 mg/2ml. from the medication cart and brings it to the patient's room. Prior to scanning the mediation and performing the 5 rights of medication administration, Jennifer administers all 4 mg of the Morphine to Mrs Jones. As Jennifer is administering the Morphine via IV. Paul walks into Mrs Jones' room to ask her a question. He notices that the syringe is fully depressed, with no remaining medication. He asks Jennifer to step out into the hall. Once in the hall, Paul quietly asked Jennifer how much Morphine she gave Mrs Jones, Jennifer replied, "the whole syringe, 2mL." Paul points out that administration of the 2-mL dose means the client actually received morphine 4 mg. as opposed to the ordered dose of 2 mg, Jennifer replied "oh no, I have to report this and file an incident report." Paul assures her that more than likely the extra 2 mg of morphine will not likely harm Mrs Jones and that they can both just closely monitor her and not report it so she doesn't get reprimanded and possibly lose her job. Jennifer is unsure what to do since Paul is the senior nurse and has been on the unit for several years longer than her. Question 1 How do you believe the situation should be handled? Should Jennifer report the error? Explain why or why not. Question 2 What are the ethical consideration involved in reporting vs not reporting this error? How does Paul's guidance on the error affect this? Level 1&2 discussion rubrichend

how do you believe the situation should be handled? should Jennifer report the error? explain why or why not.

what are the ethical considerations involved in reporting vs not reporting this error?

Answer 1

Answer: In the above mentioned case, it is the negligence of the nurse that she has given the double dose to the patient. Nurse should report the error. Because reporting the error can prevent the patient from further adverse conditions. Although the physician said that the dose may not harm the Patient but still the nurse should mentioned the error.

The ethical consideration involves as it is duty of the healthcare professionals to provide proper care to the patients. If any major harm caused by the negligence of the healthcare professionals then the patient has to suffer. So, it is ethically correct to report the error.