Question

a cardiac patient complained to the nurse that he had chest pain and shortness of breath. The nurse, who was on her way to lunch, decided to wait until she got back before calling the patient 's physician.
she gave the patient the medications that were ordered for him in the event he should get chest pains.
She did not tell the nurse who was covering her patients during lunch. Half hour later, when the nurse returned from lunch the had forgotten about the patient's complaints. Later that day, the patient was found to have suffered a massive heart attack.
discuss any possible deviations from the standard of nursing care and ethical issues in this scenario

Answer 1

Answer: The mentioned case includes the negligence of the nurse. This is because when the patient complained about the chest pain, the nurse didi not pay attention much more and also not informed to the nurse whose next shift was. So, the deviation that occur is the gap if communication as well as increased negligence. This causes severe heart attack to the patient. The medical ethics includes the nonmaleficence where the patient should not be harmed in any way. Hence the present action of the nurse lead to violation of the medical ethics as well as negligence caused harmful effect on the patient.