At many times, patients come in unconscious or with altered mental status. Many patients come in with major injury or trauma. When trauma comes in the nursing staff has little information about the patient. In a lot of cases, the nurse has very little time to gather data about the patient coming into the ED. Nurses have to perform invasive procedures without consent. Some patients require CPR and later the staff find the patient was a DNR. Even though the outcome was not what should have been, the nurse has to reflect beneficence, what is in the best interest of the patient, do good for each patient in their care. Patients need advocates and somebody to promote the patients’ rights. These are just a few of the ethical and legal issues in the emergency
At many times, patients come in unconscious or with altered mental status. Many patients come in with major injury or trauma. When trauma comes in the nursing staff has little information about the patient. In a lot of cases, the nurse has very little time to gather data about the patient coming into the ED. Nurses have to perform invasive procedures without consent. Some patients require CPR and later the staff find the patient was a DNR. Even though the outcome was not what should have been, the nurse has to reflect beneficence, what is in the best interest of the patient, do good for each patient in their care. Patients need advocates and somebody to promote the patients’ rights. These are just a few of the ethical and legal issues in the emergency