You are a nurse working on a
You are a nurse working on a busy surgical unit at a local hospital. You get a call from the PACU that they are bringing you Ms. Ling 80-year-old total hip replacement post-op patient that was a little difficult to wake up after surgery. The PACU nurse has placed SCDs on the patient, given the first dose of antibiotics and set up her PCA. When Ms. Ling arrives on your floor the charge nurse tells you that all of the telemetry and oximetry monitoring boxes are already in use by COVID-19 patients so your patient will be unmonitored. You get Ms. Ling set up in her room, and although she is still pretty groggy, the daughter is at the bedside. You are caring for 6 other patients that afternoon, so you go off to pass medications. An hour later, when you arrive back in the room, you cannot rouse Ms. Ling, even with a sternal rub. She is not breathing, and you are not sure if there is a clear palpable pulse so you call a Code Blue and help arrives in your room to begin resuscitation efforts on Ms. Ling. Please answer the following questions: 1. Did the nurse commit any negligence or malpractice in the case of Ms. Ling If so, which of the four elements of negligence/malpractice did the nurse commit if any 2. In reviewing the categories of negligence that lead to lawsuits, is the nurse liable in any area of this circumstance 3. Whos fault would this drag into the nurse or what
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