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Legal Issues Case Study for Nursing

Case 2

Nursing Situation:

Cindy Black (fictitious name), a four-year-old child with wheezing, was

brought into the emergency room by her mother for treatment at XYZ (fictitious

name) hospital at 9:12 p.m. on Friday, May 13.

Initial triage assessment revealed that Cindy was suffering from a sore

throat, wheezing bilaterally throughout all lung fields, seal-like cough,

shortness of breath (SOB), bilateral ear pain. Vital signs on admission were

pulse rate 160, respiratory rate 28, and a temperature of 101.6 ?Fahrenheit (F)

(rectal). Cindy Black was admitted to the emergency department for treatment.

Notes written by the emergency department physician on initial examination

read, “Croupy female; course breath sounds with wheezing; mild bilateral

tympanic membrane hyperemia. Chest X-ray reveals bilateral infiltrates.”

Medication prescribed included Tylenol (acetaminophen) 325 mg orally for

elevated temperature, Bronkephrine (ethylnorepinephrine hydrochloride) 0.1

millimeter subcutaneous, and monitor results.

Nurse Slighta Hand, RN (fictitious name) administered the medication as

ordered and the child was observed for thirty minutes. Miss Hand’s charting was

brief, almost illegible, and read, “Medicines given as prescribed. Cindy

observed without positive results. Physician notified.”

The physician examined the child; notes read that the child had “minimal

clearing” in response to the bronchodilator. The following medications were

then prescribed: Elixir of turpenhydrate with codeine one milliliter by mouth,

Gantrinsin (sulfisoxazole) 10

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milliliters, and Quibron (theophylline-glycerol guaiacolate) 10 milliliters.

Nurse Slighta Hand, RN charted the medications were given as prescribed.

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