NCMP109 BIOETHICS: CASE STUDY 1

SARTO, Andro Ramon M., RR22

A. NOT MY JOB!
 In my views, Nurse Barbara is making the problem bigger. Nurse Barbara can follow the
Doctor’s Orders which are far superior to her; and the situation may affect the patient and
having this kind of problem, it would be better to report the Doctor’s Attitude to the
governing body.
 She was covering Dr. Jones and she was also instructed by the Doctor to tell his waiting
patients that he is having an emergency.
 This issue, I would like to address this one by talking to the superior, which is the admin
because maybe he is actually doing or displaying this attitude over and over again. He would
rather flirt than doing his own service for the people. The facility isn’t a place for some love
affairs but it is a place where we serve our patients and making them our priorities.
 Patients ought to be prioritized because as nurses, we are to prioritize our patients and they
have the rights to say something and know procedures being done to them.

B. AN UNTHINKABLE TRAGEDY
 With respect to the Patient Data Privacy, it will be voided if the patient has the mental
condition that may affect others. The healthcare provider should tell his family, colleagues
and co-workers about it. Yes, I would generalize it because the patient have something with
his mental health and other health problems as well that may cause something to other
people – an act of precautions for other people.

C. PINKY PANTY PRANK

 For me, the man will not have any legal cases – because it would be humiliating for him to
file a case against the medical clinic with regards to the joke they have made. They don’t
also know if the man was wearing any undergarment under him and that is only the
available underwear for them to hide his private part. In contrast to this, when we talk
about fundamental principle law, concern for justice and fairness as well as the doctrine of
individual rights and responsibilities may also be applied.
 The medical practitioner did what he knew best to give him privacy and cover his patient’s
private part. I think the patient had a breakdown and he should talk about the matter
privately with the practitioners that handled him and let them explain why they did it.
 Etiquette comes up. Pranking was not a professional thing to do at work, but if the medical
practitioner’s side was proven and it is not a prank, it will be just the breakdown of the
patient. Apologies, the medical clinic may release a statement about the issue.

D. CREDENTIAL FALSIFICATION IS A CRIME

 This is considered as Fraud or in simpler terms, Falsification of documents – the licensed
nurse was already dead and the nurse aid still use both of the dead nurse’s name and the
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license. With regards to this, we can observe that the nurse aid itself was doing malpractice
actions because of her documents was never legitimate.