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Application of ethical-legal responsibilities in the nursing profession
Instructions:
Part I
Using the situations given, answer the questions presented for each. Consult the textbook and other references to support your answer, discussion, and analysis.
Situation #1
A nurse receives her shift in the orthopedic unit and in the report, she is notified that one of her patients refused the 9:00 am and 1:00 pm doses of pain medication. The patient has a diagnosis of fracture of the femur with external fixation. Early in the shift, the patient reports a lot of pain and asks for his ordered medication and is given 8 mg of Morphine intravenously at 4:00 pm.
The nursing professional needs to leave the unit and notifies his partner. During his absence, the patient communicates again complaining of pain and the nursing professional of the available unit decides to administer the ordered medication. According to the patient’s medical record, he is given Morphine 8mg intravenously at 4:25pm. When you return to the unit, you realize that a second dose of medication has been administered to the patient, in a short period of time. In the research carried out by the nursing leader, it was found that:
· The nursing professional in charge withdrew and administered the medication, but did not record it in the patient’s medical record.
· The medication was withdrawn (or removed from the narcotics box) but not documented in the narcotics log.
In this situation, it is important to remember the pain management medication administration process and the patient discharge process.
1. Identify how this situation puts the safety of patient care at risk.
2. Identify what nursing actions can prevent failure to fulfill nursing responsibilities.
3. In this situation, what is the ethical-legal responsibility of the nursing professional?
Situation #2
You are the nurse in charge of a patient who has presented with multiple symptoms. After several studies, the patient has been diagnosed with hepatitis C. After the doctor discusses the laboratory results with the patient, you proceed to educate the patient about the disease and the treatment to follow. In the process, the patient asks you to keep the diagnosis confidential with their relatives. Later, the patient’s wife asks to speak with you and the doctor because she wants to know the results of the labs and tests that were done. The wife is distressed and concerned about her husband’s health.
1. Identify the duties and responsibilities of the nursing professional in this situation in patient care.
2. Identify how you, in your role as an advocate for patients’ rights, would handle the situation and how you would maintain a boundary between personal and professional values, when exercising your role as a nursing professional.
Part II: Law to Regulate the Practice of Nursing in Puerto Rico.
Instructions:
1. To perform this task, you must read the information on the laws that most impact the practice of nursing in Puerto Rico, both at the state and federal levels.
2. Then complete the following table:
Law Name
Explain in your own words, what is the fundamental purpose of the law.
Explain in your own words, what is the legal responsibility of the nursing professional before the law.
Law 254- Law to Regulate the Practice of Nursing in Puerto Rico of 2015
Law No. 86 of 1987
Law 194 of August 25, 2000
Law 82 of June 1, 1983′ Creates the CPEPR
Law 408 allows the involuntary hospitalization of a patient from 2000
Law No. 121 of 2019
Law No. 54 of 1989
Law 17 of April 22, 1988
Law No. 246, December 16, 2011
HIPAA Act, August 21, 1996, effective April 21, 2005
Occupational Health and Safety Law (OSHA) of 1970
Law No. 100 of June 30, 1959
EMTALA Law; right to receive emergency care
COBRA Law of July 1, 1986
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
Resource: Potter, P.A., Perry, A.G., Stockert, P.A., & Hall. A.M. (2021). Fundamentals of nursing (10th ed.). Elsevier.
Available in the ClinicalKey Student Nursing database in the Virtual Library. (Links to an external site.)
Chapter 22: Ethics and Values
Chapter 23: Legal Implications in Nursing Practice

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