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An experienced nurse Julie Thao was taking care of 16-yeas old Jasmine Gant who was about t give a birth. Thao is accused of making a mistake that had terrible and tragic result on the life of a pregnant teenage, unborn child, Gant’s family, health care, and Thao’s life. Thao mistakenly gave Gant an epidural anesthetic intravenously instead of an IV antibiotic for a strep infection. Within minutes of receiving the epidural IV, Gant suffered seizures and died. Her child, a boy, was delivered by emergency Caesarean section and survived. So what caused this tragedy to happen? According to investigation, Thao improperly removed the epidural bag from a locked storage system without authorization, she did not scan the bar code, which would have told

The psychological neglect of a child or the client basically occurs through constant non-responsiveness and physical or psychological unavailability that denies the person of support, gentleness, and psychological stimulation. On the contrary, the abuse of an individual is considered as the acts of commission in which definite abusive behaviors are directed towards the person. The abusive behaviors can be physical, psychological, and/or sexual with long-term indistinct thinking patterns, interpersonal difficulties, emotional disturbance, and post-traumatic

If any professional becomes concerned that a child might be at risk of abuse, be it physical, sexual, emotional or neglect, it is their legal duty to pass on such concerns to the appropriate professionals who can assess if and what action should be taken. In cases where it will not put the child at greater risk or danger, the parents / carers of the child will be informed that such action has been taken.

Advocacy is a fundamental responsibility in nursing because patients are inherently vulnerable (Creasia & Friberg, 2011). The scenario presented is challenging because, although the nurse suspects child abuse, there is a lack of explicit evidence. Reporting suspected child abuse is a legal obligation for nurses, but the result may have devastating effects for the family. To prevent inaccurate conclusions, a professional nurse should question the mother and child separately and attempt to uncover the

In the 25th week of her pregnancy, the mother was advised by the nurse to remain on bed rest to avoid further complications and potentially hurting her unborn baby. The mother continued to work from the hospital placing additional stress on the baby despite the nurse’s appeal that such stress can cause the baby harm. Attempts to stop premature delivery were made but failed, the mother asked the medical team not to take any extraordinary measure to save the baby. The premature baby lived but the mother showed little interest in his health and wellness. The nurse tried to the best of her ability to spark

It is important to remember that if the professionals involved decide to investigate the matter when a suspected case of child abuse has been reported by the practitioner; then the practitioner’s records will be vital evidence and, as such, must be accurate. It may be many months after the event has taken place when the practitioner is

Pediatricians must recognize and respond to pediatric abusive head trauma, no matter how subtle the signs may be, in order to prevent further neurological injury. The appropriate reports must be made to child welfare services and law enforcement in order to make arrangements for the future safety of the child and deal with the legal ramifications of the abuser.

When a child is suspected of being abused, neglected or placed at imminent risk of serious harm by a member of the staff of a private or public school or an institution that cares for the child, the person in charge of the school or facility must notify the child’s parent or other person responsible for the child’s care that a report has been made. The state’s department of child abuse responsibility is to notify the head of a facility, school or establishment that a report has been made.

There’s concern that Hermionne Romeo, is not properly caring for her daughter, Ashante Saint Val (17). The mother kicked the child out of the home, and will not allow the child to return. The child was having chest pain and is self-mutilating. The mother refuses to take the child to the doctor and to provide legal documentation to Ms. Aarons (caretaker). The child has not been in school due to being expelled for missing too many days of school.

Confidentiality is a right a person has in which to keep information about themselves private without anyone else being able to access it unless given permission or consent by an authorised person. A person's information should only be disclosed on a need to know basis i.e official bodies or next of kin unless specified otherwise. Information may also be disclosed if the information that is being held outweighs the risk to the person's health.

This sentinel event involves child abduction from the surgical unit of Nightingale Community Hospital on Thursday, September 14, 2014 at approximately 1230hrs. The patient, a three-year old female, arrived accompanied by her mother, for an outpatient surgical procedure at 0800hrs and proceeded to registration where all currently required documentation was completed and signed by the mother; this included the authorization forms for the surgery. After registration, the patient and her

Based on the information provided, Oliver’s allegations were not supported with documentation, but merely opinion and hearsay. In Oliver’s affidavit, she stated that she “read” in the discharge summary that Dr. Brock was consulted and assisted with treatment. Although the supporting documentation of the previous statement is important, the more pressing issue becomes whether a doctor-patient relationship was formed in order to support the allegations.

Daniel’s mother used disguised compliance to draw the attention away of the professionals from the claims of harm. Professionals not on just this case but on many cases have failed to work with disguised compliance and fall into the trap. Professionals need to ask parents and carers to justify things but also listen to other sources such as the child and other agencies to come up with the real story.

This is Justina Pelletier. When she was fourteen years old, she became sick. Her parents took her to Tufts Medical Center, seen here, where she was treated for mitochondrial disease, described by the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation as a rare disorder in which the mitochondria in cells fail to create the energy needed to survive. She was taken to Boston Children’s Hospital, pictured here, where the parents were hoping to get a second opinion. The doctors there believed Justina to be suffering from a psychiatric disorder instead. When her parents tried to remove her from the Children’s Hospital’s care to take her back to Tufts, Boston Children’s Hospital claimed Justina’s parents were being medically negligent, meaning they were not adequately

Family History: Patient lives in her mother’s house with her two children. The patient reports a