Answer To: PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY & PATIENT SAFETY ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION Identify a case from the NSW...
Taruna answered on Mar 28 2021
Running Head: HEALTHCARE ASSIGNMENT 1
HEALTHCARE ASSIGNMENT 3
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES IN NURSING AND NSW POLICIES: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Actions of Nurse: Violation of Professional Conduct 3
The Other Factors: System Based 4
Evidence Based Literature and Analysis of the Case 5
Conclusion 7
References 8
Introduction
Patient safety is one of the most challenging and sensitive part of the nursing practices. In fact, as per the standard norms of working set by the Nursing and Midwifery Board Australia, the safety of a patient is reckoned as something that nurses should keep on top priority. While providing therapeutic support, a specific bonding at professional level is acceptable (Bryce, Foley & Reeves, 2017). However, this bonding is not anticipated to violate the professional boundaries up to the level that the safety of the patient is jeopardized due to the actions of the nurse. The guidelines of NSW government are clear on this aspect as they pertain to guide RNPs to serve with the highest quality of care given to the patients. The following is the case analysis in which, multiple issues emerged in the professional conduct of Mr. Pictones, resulting in the licence cancellation on legal grounds.
Actions of Nurse: Violation of Professional Conduct
At first, it is significant to note here that the actions of Mr. Pictones are highly questionable, as per the standards of professional boundaries set by the NSW policies as well as Nursing and Midwifery Board’s guidelines to ensure patient’s safety. In his first posting at the mental care facility in CAMHS unit in NSW regional city, his behavioural approach became suspicious. In a care setting where the mental condition of the patients enrolled was sensitive and it required additional care; he literally approached patients with pure unprofessional and unethical perspective. His first questionable act in professional norms was to approach patient A suffering from suicidal tendencies and give him phenergan, a sedative drug that cannot be prescribed to the patient until the clinical expert prescribes it.
Additionally, the ward in which Mr. Pictones was posted dealt with some of the sensitive cases of mental health complications in young adults. Patient B and C, for example, were suffering from extremely challenging situations of addiction and mental disorder respectively. However, with all of these three who were further investigated after the complaint registered on behalf of patient A, it was disclosed that the approach of Mr. Pictones was to ‘convince’ them for taking sedative drug and an unethical supply to be made to them in spite of the knowing the fact that it might disturb the course of are given to these patients.
As per the allegations, Mr. Pictones not only approached the patients on personal level, he took illegal access to the medical inventory from where, he could access to phenergan tablets that he gave to the patients in order to enhance the sleeping effects. However, these reasons were not mentioned during the investigation that for what purposes, he could give these drugs to the patients. Secondly, Mr. Picones allowed patient B to use his mobile phone and contact to the outside people without having formal approval...