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Malpractice Case Study
Malpractice CaseStudy: Thereare no absolute answers with some of the questions – they are meanto stimulate discussion and examination of complexissues.
Madison Wills worked the night shift on a neonatal intensivecare unit (NICU) at a major medical center. She assumed the care ofa very sick premature infant that weighed 1 kilogram (a little over2 pounds). Sylvia Smithson had been the infant’s nurse during theday shift. Sylvia had initiated the infant’s intravenous (IV)antibiotic infusion at 6:30 p.m., just before shift change. Shereported that the infant’s IV line in his arm was patent and the IVsite had no redness or swelling.
When Madison assessed the infant at 7:45 after the end-of-shiftreport, she noted that the baby’s arm was swollen and that the IVhad infiltrated (was no longer in the vein). When she stopped theinfusion, she also noted that the dose on the antibiotics wasincorrect and was much too large for a very small infant.
- What is the first thing that Madison should do afterdiscovering these two problems?
- Which of these problems (the infiltration or thedosing) was the most significant?
- What is the nurse’s responsibility when an antibioticis prepared by the pharmacy?
- What safeguards are in place to protect nurses fromcharges of negligence?
