Search the internet and learn about the cases of nurses Julie Thao and Kimberly Hiatt.
The medical caretaker Julie Theo was accused of criminal disregard after she erroneously infused some unacceptable medication for a high school young lady in labor, which lead to her demise. Kimberly Hiatt was charged in the wake of making a numerical mistake that prompted an overdose of calcium chloride and the resulting passing of a fundamentally sick newborn child.
2. List and discuss lessons that you and all healthcare professionals can learn from these two cases.
We as nurses can learn to double check medication administrations and medication math. As well as learn to always remember to check the six rights of medication. Also, learn to let a second nurse check our medication math. learn and realize what do if a medication error happens what to do as a convention. learn to manage our time, so we do not exhaust ourselves.
3. Describe how the principle of beneficence and the virtue of benevolence could be applied to these cases. Do you think the hospital administrators handled the situations legally and ethically?
The principle of beneficence is moral rule that medical caretakers’ activities ought to advance great. I imagine that the principle of beneficence could be applied to the situation of Kimberley Hiatt in light of the fact that she was not effectively attempting to hurt the child, but in the end her actions prompted the death of her patient. Kimberley has the best goals for her patient, but her action did not show her actual expectations. The prudence of benevolence can likewise be applied to the situation of Thao because of her having a " charitable disposition to do good in regard to others “(Jones, 2012). She took the extra shift as an expression of her good will.
4. In addition to benevolence, which other virtues exhibited by their colleagues might have helped Thao and Hiatt?
Different ethics that their colleagues might have displayed is responsibility. In the event that their colleagues would have indicated responsibility for themselves as well as for others on their nursing group. Another accommodating temperance is teamwork. In the event that their colleagues would have shown cooperation, they may have had the option to twofold check other colleague’s medication administration. goodness is the prudence of obligation If Thao's colleagues realized that she was working extended periods they might have mediated and conversed with Thao.
5. Discuss personal virtues that might be helpful to second victims themselves to navigate the grieving process.
The virtue of forgiveness could be extremely useful to second victims who have not had the option to excuse themselves for committing an error. The second victim should have the option to perceive that they are not a perfect human and they can commit errors. The virtue of growth would be useful to second victims also. The second victim can gain from the error and attempt to instruct others on.
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1. Search the internet and learn about the cases of nurses Julie
Thao and Kimberly Hiatt.
The medical caretaker Julie Theo was accused of criminal
disregard after she erroneously infused some unacceptable
medication for a high school young lady in labor, which lead to
her demise. Kimberly Hiatt was charged in the wake of making
a numerical mistake that prompted an overdose of calcium
chloride and the resulting passing of a fundamentally sick
newborn child.
2. List and discuss lessons that you and all healthcare
professionals can learn from these two cases.
We as nurses can learn to double check medication
administrations and medication math. As well as learn to always
remember to check the six rights of medication. Also, learn to
let a second nurse check our medication math. learn and realize
what do if a medication error happens what to do as a
convention. learn to manage our time, so we do not exhaust
ourselves.
3. Describe how the principle of beneficence and the virtue of
benevolence could be applied to these cases. Do you think the
hospital administrators handled the situations legally and
ethically?
The principle of beneficence is moral rule that medical
caretakers’ activities ought to advance great. I imagine that the
principle of beneficence could be applied to the situation of
Kimberley Hiatt in light of the fact that she was not effectively
attempting to hurt the child, but in the end her actions prompted
the death of her patient. Kimberley has the best goals for her
2. patient, but her action did not show her actual expectations. The
prudence of benevolence can likewise be applied to the situation
of Thao because of her having a " charitable disposition to do
good in regard to others “(Jones, 2012). She took the extra shift
as an expression of her good will.
4. In addition to benevolence, which other virtues exhibited by
their colleagues might have helped Thao and Hiatt?
Different ethics that their colleagues might have displayed is
responsibility. In the event that their colleagues would have
indicated responsibility for themselves as well as for others on
their nursing group. Another accommodating temperance is
teamwork. In the event that their colleagues would have shown
cooperation, they may have had the option to twofold check
other colleague’s medication administration. goodness is the
prudence of obligation If Thao's colleagues realized that she
was working extended periods they might have mediated and
conversed with Thao.
5. Discuss personal virtues that might be helpful to second
victims themselves to navigate the grieving process.
The virtue of forgiveness could be extremely useful to second
victims who have not had the option to excuse themselves for
committing an error. The second victim should have the option
to perceive that they are not a perfect human and they can
commit errors. The virtue of growth would be useful to second
victims also. The second victim can gain from the error and
attempt to instruct others on the subject of second casualties.
References,
Jones, J. H., & Treiber, L. A. (2012, October). When nurses
become the "second" victim. In Nursing forum (Vol. 47, No. 4,
pp. 286-291). Wiley Blackwell (10.1111).