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Question

Gordon is a first-year undergraduate nursing student who is currently on his first clinical placement in a busy nursing home and has been allocated 4 residents with RN buddy, Homer. Gordon's buddy, Homer, who is exhausted after being awake the previous night attending to his 2-week-old baby, explains to Gordon how he is feeling and asks him if he would get the first patient's medication from the treatment room and bring it to him at the patient's bedside where he will be waiting. Alone in the treatment room, Gordon prepares the following for Mr. Broadus who had a new amputation.

On arrival back to the patient's room, Gordon hands Homer the medication. Without checking them to make sure they were correct; Homer asks Gordon to take them to Mr. Broadus and administer the insulin. Once given, Homer said he will sign the medication sheets. Gordon says to Homer that he has not given a subcutaneous insulin injection before, Homer replies in a tired voice, "that's ok, it's easy, just point and stick the needle in the leg" Gordon feels bad for Homer's lack of sleep and wants to make a good impression on his first clinical placement, so he administers the oral medications and accidentally injects the insulin dangerously, causing the patient to yelp in pain. Discuss 2 (two) ethical and 2 (two) legal breaches (4 breaches in total) that Gordon and Homer have demonstrated in this scenario.