Clinical application analysis essay assignment brief: You are required to read the following scenario: Tim is a 32 year old man who was admitted via the emergency department following a fight at a...

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Clinical application analysis essay assignment brief: You are required to read the following scenario: Tim is a 32 year old man who was admitted via the emergency department following a fight at a weekend football match he attended as a spectator. A physical examination revealed a dislocated shoulder, deep scalp lacerations and extensive bruising to his face and upper body. The emergency department was very busy, with multiple ambulances arriving and many patients being admitted, therefore, it took some time for Tim to be admitted for surgery. During this time an alcohol and drug screen was undertaken, and these tests were clear. Tim did not like waiting and he stated he felt unwell and drowsy. He became increasingly noisy and uncooperative, which was a change from when he arrived; at that time, he was lucid and polite. Tim was fasted, went to the operating theatre and returned to a room on the ward. On waking, Tim’s observations were stable, although the nursing staff had difficulty doing his postoperative observations as he was drowsy and noncompliant. Two hours after surgery Tim stated: “I’m going back to the football match because my team need me to play”. The registered nurse and medical officer on duty tried to persuade Tim not to leave but he continued arguing and shouted: “Leave me alone, don’t touch me, I want to get out of this bed”. The doctor thought that perhaps this behaviour may be attributed to pain and as a result ordered intramuscular morphine. Tim stated: “I’m not in pain, I don’t want morphine”. The registered nurse went ahead as per the medical officers orders and administered the injection to Tim, whilst another registered nurse and a nursing assistant held Tim to prevent him from struggling. This caused the needle to break off, and necessitated further surgery, which resulted in an additional four weeks in hospital. NUM1205 Legal and Ethical Requirements in Nursing and Midwifery Practice, Semester 2. 2020 2 Your overall aim is to demonstrate to the marker your understanding of the unit content (legal and ethical issues, including the Registered Nurses professional codes and standards) by relating them to the specific and relevant elements of the scenario. To do this you will provide an analysis: a detailed examination. DO NOT REWRITE THE SCENARIO, rather your discussion should be focused upon the unit content. Use the applicable parts of the scenario as a basis to demonstrate your understanding of the unit content e.g. beneficence, deontology, duty of care, tort of negligence, Registered Nurses Standards for Practice, The ICN Code of Conduct for Nurses etc. The word limit is 1200 (plus or minus 10% as per the School of Nursing & Midwifery Undergraduate Assignment Guidelines). All words are calculated towards the word limit except for the title page, direct quotes and end-text references. If you write less or more than this, penalties will apply. If you write less, it is unlikely you will have covered all aspects of the assignment.
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Ethical Standards of Practice and Code: Case Study Observation
    The codes of ethics for nurses are designed to guide professional nurses extensively to carry out their assigned roles and responsibilities. There are detailed provisions and secti
ons in this code of ethics which must be followed in providing care to the patients (Iwan, 2017). However, there are legal and general implications of these codes of ethics, when they are applied on practical grounds. As per the observation of the provided case study of Tim, there can be some legal assumptions which can be analyzed, as per the behavioral complexity of the patient. The duty of care, along with standard 1.1 to 1.4 as well as section 6.2 to 6.6 is applicable to deal with the patient effectively.
    At first, it is significant to define how duty of care applies to the given case. Section 1.2of registered nursing standards for practice states to apply knowledge and experience into action wherever possible for nurses positively (ICN, 2012). Now, the issue that the case study poses is related to the relentless behavior of Tim; the formal examination concludes that he is seriously injured and needs rest, however, due to the panic attack—which is psychologically normal for a patient who has been through the brawl like Tim—Tim does not feel that pain and retorts against the usual treatment provided. Under section 1.4, the nursing professional should comply with all legislations as well as possible practices, other than the nursing, while taking some decision. These two altogether are applicable to the case because as per the observation, Tim’s protest is not acceptable due to eminent danger of receiving further injuries or broken muscles, if he leaves the hospital.
    However, the concept of care has mixed perceptions in nursing world; the duty of care that nursing professionals are expected to deliver goes through multiple dimensions of professional working. The contexts of practices keep varying from patient to patient. For example, it is likely possible that some other patient who might have gone through the similar state of events like Tim would not react aggressively. In that case, it would be convenient for nursing professional to adjust the course of treatment and reach out to some positive conclusion. It is the aggression and relentless nature of Tim which is projected strongly and that is something which causes the tragic ‘needle breaking’ incident, resulting in an extended four week stay in...
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