Reference no: EM133315093
What are the legal civil or criminal liabilities of the hospital and the nursing team if one of the nurse was found of using substance abuse and taking illicit drugs canada bc, site a evidenced base article from BCCNM based on the scenario "Nurse M is one of the senior nurses and prefers the pronouns they/them/their. They have struggled with chronic pain since injuring their back and shoulder while transferring a patient a little over a year ago. Nurse M is described by colleagues as a "good nurse" who is caring and spends a great deal of time at the bedside with patients and with patient's family members.
Recently, Nurse M's performance has decreased, and they are frequently late returning from breaks. Nurse M is going through a difficult breakup and you, and your colleagues wonder if it is impacting Nurse M's ability to be fully present at work. Nurse M has a concerning number of medication errors over a brief period of time.
Nurse M is observed spending a prolonged time attending to patient's intravenous tubing. Nurse M frequently takes restroom breaks after seeing to the patients' needs related to IV set-up. After one such trip to the bathroom Nurse M presents with miosis, is noticeably less coordinated, and appears drowsy. One of your colleagues asks Nurse M if they are "OK" and Nurse M snaps back, "I'm fine!"
Nurse M is suspected of skimming narcotics from patient IV lines for Fentanyl infusion. The subsequent investigation determines that Nurse M has in fact been diverting narcotics both from IV lines and when wasting narcotics.
?Place yourself in the scenario who observes Nurse M after they returns from the restroom. Nurse M was your mentor, and you feel a loyalty to them, but you are concerned about patient safety."