Legal Issues Case Study For Nursing
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Case 2
Nursing Situation:
Cindy Black (fictitious name), a four-year-old child with wheezing, was
brought into the emergency room by her mother for treatment at XYZ (fictitious
name) hospital at 9:12 p.m. on Friday, May 13.
Initial triage assessment revealed that Cindy was suffering from ....
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millimeter subcutaneous, and monitor results.
Nurse Slighta Hand, RN (fictitious name) administered the medication as
ordered and the child was observed for thirty minutes. Miss Hand's charting was
brief, almost illegible, and read, "Medicines given as prescribed. Cindy
observed without positive results. Physician notified."
The physician examined the child; notes read that the child had "minimal
clearing" in response to the bronchodilator. The following medications were
th ....
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