Wrongful Death by Howard Carpenter on Behalf of Wilma Carpenter, Deceased
Direction:
Look at the legal malpractice case study. Describe the case and discuss the standard of care that the parties will be held to in this case. How will the standards of care and the Nurse Practice Act be applied in a court of law if the case is sued?
1 page apa format, 6th edition. 3 references
Case Study: Wrongful Death by Howard Carpenter on Behalf of Wilma Carpenter, Deceased
People Involved in Case:
Mrs. Wilma Carpenter — patient, deceased
Mr. Howard Carpenter — husband and plaintiff in wrongful death suit
Mrs. Scale, RN, MS — nursing supervisor
Elizabeth Adelman, RN — recovery room nurse
Richard Washington, MD — orthopedic surgeon
Judy Gouda, RN, NP
Joseph Alsoff, LPN — post-surgical unit nurse
Kelly Wheeler, RN — post-surgical unit nurse
David Casler, LRT
Susan Post, JD — risk manager
Amy Green — quality assurance
Michael Parks, RN, MS, CNS — education coordinator
Caring Memorial Hospital
Case Analysis
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Case Description
The case refers to one Mrs. Carpenter, the plaintiff. She died while under the care of the nurses in the hospital after undergoing a hip replacement surgery. After surgery, she was put under clinical management under the supervision of a post-surgical unit nurse. Before admission to the surgical unit, she was assessed by Kelly, the registered nurse and was found to be in a stable condition. As the post-surgical nurse made round, he noticed that the patient had become nauseated and was vomiting. He called the code and another registered nurse, David Casler gave her a respiratory therapy. What followed is the patient was found unresponsive and transferred to intensive care and later passed ways (Recupero, 2008). In this case, the standard of patient care was not adhered to leading to death. For instance, when the assurance director was doing reviews after months of Mrs. Carpenter's death, he found out...