What nurses defense regarding the care of this patient

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Assignment:

Question are from the case study You be the Judge presented at the end of which begins, "The older adult male patient was admitted..." (Guido, p. 363) and answer the following questions:

• Was the nurse negligent for not questioning the use of morphine for a patient with blunt abdominal pain before administering the dose of morphine?

• Would knowing that the patient's blood pressure was 148/94 when the morphine was administered impact the finding of the trial court?

• What evidence would you argue in the nurse's defense regarding the care of this patient?

• How would you decide this case?

From the textbook Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing, by Ginny Guido.

Reference no: EM133506031

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