1. HURRICANE KATRINA CASE STUDY ONE
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Based on the reading, how
would you judge the nurses
if they intended the best for
the frail patients who were
unable to be evacuated and
did knowingly administer
lethal overdoses? If you
were a member of the state
board of nurses reviewing
the case what would you
rule?
( Fr y, Ve a t c h , & Tay l o r, 2 01 1 )

2. HURRICANE KATRINA CASE STUDY ONE
Critical Thinking Questions
2. What are the reasons you
would give for not killing a
patient?
3. Have you ever thought a
patient might be better off
dead? If so, what were your
reasons?
( Fr y, Ve a t c h , & Tay l o r, 2 01 1 )