Wgu Nvt2 Task1
NVT2-TASK1
A-One regulation of the Florida board of nursing, Nurse Practice Act. Its Implications in the scenario
In the Nursing practice Act of the state of Florida is clearly described under the section of the Disciplinary proceedings that amongst other ones:
“- Unprofessional conduct shall include: Acts of negligence either by omission or commission
- Failing to meet or departing from minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing nursing practice shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Violating the confidentiality of information or knowledge concerning a patient;’’ (State of Florida.(2007).Florida Board of Nursing. Rules of the Board of Nursing. Chapter 64B.9 Florida Administrative Code. P.73)
In the scenario the nurse failed to mention the advance directive of the patient’s where is stated that he does not want any ventilator or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Therefore she performed unprofessional conduct by means of negligence due to omission. Ethically, the nurse did not honor the patient’s right and wishes to not be put on a ventilator. Another failure of the nurse in the scenario is not discussing with the doctor and helping to clarify if the patient can be placed on a ventilator or not. She did not act upon nursing standards and did not advocate for the patient. She violated and ignored the knowledge of an existing advance directive concerning the patient by not allowing the safe nursing practice to prevail. Her actions were insufficient and not guided by the principles of the Nursing standards and scope of practice and unethical.
B-ANA Code(s) of Ethics
Provision 3 of the ANA Code of ethics states;” The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and the rights of the patient” (Nursing World .Code of Ethics. (2010).American Nurses Association. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Provision 3.P.1)
In the scenario, the nurse did not advocate for the patient by consulting with the physician
A-One regulation of the Florida board of nursing, Nurse Practice Act. Its Implications in the scenario
In the Nursing practice Act of the state of Florida is clearly described under the section of the Disciplinary proceedings that amongst other ones:
“- Unprofessional conduct shall include: Acts of negligence either by omission or commission
- Failing to meet or departing from minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing nursing practice shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Violating the confidentiality of information or knowledge concerning a patient;’’ (State of Florida.(2007).Florida Board of Nursing. Rules of the Board of Nursing. Chapter 64B.9 Florida Administrative Code. P.73)
In the scenario the nurse failed to mention the advance directive of the patient’s where is stated that he does not want any ventilator or cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Therefore she performed unprofessional conduct by means of negligence due to omission. Ethically, the nurse did not honor the patient’s right and wishes to not be put on a ventilator. Another failure of the nurse in the scenario is not discussing with the doctor and helping to clarify if the patient can be placed on a ventilator or not. She did not act upon nursing standards and did not advocate for the patient. She violated and ignored the knowledge of an existing advance directive concerning the patient by not allowing the safe nursing practice to prevail. Her actions were insufficient and not guided by the principles of the Nursing standards and scope of practice and unethical.
B-ANA Code(s) of Ethics
Provision 3 of the ANA Code of ethics states;” The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and the rights of the patient” (Nursing World .Code of Ethics. (2010).American Nurses Association. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Provision 3.P.1)
In the scenario, the nurse did not advocate for the patient by consulting with the physician
References: State of Florida.(2007).Florida Board of Nursing. Rules of the Board of Nursing. Chapter 64B.9 Florida Administrative Code. P.73. Retrieved http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/nursing/info_practiceAct.pdf Nursing World .Code of Ethics.(2010).American Nurses Association. Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. Provision 3.P.1 Retrieved http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategories/EthicsStandards/CodeofEthicsforNurses/Code-of-Ethics.pdf State of Florida.(2012).Florida Legislature. Healthcare Advance Directives. Chapter 765.Definiton. Section 101 Retrieved http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0700-0799/0765/0765.html