The medical staff’s ethical principals were non-existent. Unfortunately since Tomcik was in an institution therefore she had no means of autonomy. She was not able to effectively make her own decisions regarding how she was to be treated. The healthcare staff did not use moral judgment throughout her care. She was ignored and not given the proper care that was needed.
On 1/20/2015 SO EMT Perez was dispatched to KC-304 regarding skin pain. SO EMT Perez knocked, announced his presence and was verbally invited in by the resident. The resident, a Mrs. Marian Fox stated that she has been having some severe skin irritation the last couple of hours and she wanted a second opinion on what she should do. SO EMT Perez performed an assesment which revealed the following; Blood Pressure 120/80, Pulse 64, no visible lesions or abrasions of the area where Mrs. Fox was complaining of pain and no other pain outside the ordinary. Mrs. Fox than decided to lay back in her bed.
On 8/2/2015 SO EMT Perez was dispatched to FC-505 regaurding general sickness. SO EMT Perez knocked and announced his presence at the door and was greeted by the residents spouse and then to the resident in question, a Mrs. Barbra Myers. Mr. Myers stated that Mrs. Myers was feeling unwell for the past couple of days but today she was acting unusal and slurring/mubling her words and all around acting uncoordinated. Mrs. Myers seems to be somewhat disorientated but is answering all questions appropriatly. SO EMT Perez performed and assesment which revealed the following; Blood Pressure 148/72, Pulse 101, Spo2 96%, Mrs. Myers is very hot to the touch but does not appear to be perspiring, SO EMT Perez recieved a temperature reading from Mr. Myers '
On 8/1/2015 S/O EMT Perez was dispatched to FC-609 regarding a fall. S/O EMT Perez announced hispresnece and knocked at the door and was verbally greeted in by the resident. The fallen resident, a Mrs. Ida Looney stated she lost her balance and fell while trying to get up from the living room couch and was unable to get up on her own strength, Mrs. Looney was on the couch by the time S/O EMT Perez arrived. Mrs. Looney stated that; she was unaware of any change in medications nor was she aware that she was on any blood thinners, She did recall and remember the fall and was unaware and or could not recolect weather or not she was seeing a doctor here at riderwood. Mrs. Looney seemed to be a bit complacent mentally to which her spouse said was
This patient was not treated with the ethical respectany patient should receive when seeking help/treatment. It is very alarming that a physician whose job is to take care of other humans would disregard giving a proper
The following is a summary of a case review addressed in a meeting held on August 14, 2015. After reviewing several applications for licensure, Dr. Weschler, the
The patient had a serious injury that could have possibly been untreatable and now they lost a surgeon which they probably had very little of . This isn’t fair at all they didn’t even have that big of a population with very little surgeons. So this brings it down every time a patient
Other times were not even giving their patients a proper diagnosis. The
A new patient by the name of Randle McMurphy was committed and something definitely is not right with him. He came in acting like he owned the place. A big part of me thinks he is not even supposed to be here. He seems like a guy who just wondered in off the streets. He is stressing all of us patients out and I cannot say anything because people think I am deaf.
The nurse was very assertive towards the PCT as she attempted to satisfy her own concern (Borkowski, 2009). The PCT stated, “I do not know who you are talking to like that, but the patient’s SP02 was normal”. Apparently, when the PCT documented the
Patients would be chained to their beds at night, the ventilation systems were unexceptional, and the cleanliness of the establishment was inadequate. With the abundance of patients to care for, care became nonexistent, this is where the stereotype comes into play. Attendants would beat patients, sexually assault them, and would sometime perform unethical procedures upon them. One such treatment would be the ever so famous lobotomy. A lobotomy consists of either drilling into a patient's brain or using ice pick like instruments to stab at the brain through the patient's eye socket, these procedures had a variety of results ranging from successful to the death of the patient.
If there’s something the V.A. has a long history with, it’s neglect. The very people that the facility is supposed to make feel welcome and serve to the best of their ability are most often the victims, sometimes repeatedly. Workers routinely keep patients on hold for extended amounts of time, whether it’s for a good reason or just convenient for them. If an employee wants to catch up on a book while a client is waiting on the phone, they face scarce chances of punishment (Hegseth). This has led to several scandals in the V.A., many in the last few years.
He was raised by a nurse that abused him growing up.
For this Audit the author took the following steps in developing questions for the Audit tool as guided by The National Institute for Clinical Excellence
Steps I would use to approach the physician (Progressive Discipline Steps) 1. Verbal Warning 2. Written Warning 3.
