Critical application activities

Instructions

Read Understanding and Dealing With Difficult Behavior: Activity 2, then answer the Reflective Questions.
Scenario

As you leave the room, you fold the letter and place it in your pocket. As you walk out of the room, you notice that the recovery room supervisor has been watching your interaction with Phoebe. The supervisor motions you over to her, and the following conversation occurs.

Supervisor: What were you doing with the patient?
You: I’m just helping the patient write a note to her daughter.

Supervisor: Recovery room policies don’t allow it, and anyway, it is not part of your job to do such things. You’re here to keep the patients alive after surgery.

You: I was only trying to help the patient mail the note to her daughter because the physicians told her she might die soon.

Supervisor: We are not running a post office here!

You (angry response): Well, what do you want me to do with this note now?

Reflective Questions

After reading the scenario, answer the following questions in a Microsoft Word document. Refer to the learning material presented in this module for guidance.

What ethical principles are involved in this situation?

Did you violate any ethical principles? Explain.
To whom do the nurses have an obligation? Why?

Due

Sunday, by 11:59 p.m.Instructions
Read Understanding and Dealing With Difficult Behavior: Activity 1, then answer the Reflective Questions.Scenario
You are a newly hired RN whose first assignment after graduation is in the recovery room of a hospital that specializes in cardiovascular procedures. You have learned the recovery room procedures quickly and have further developed your nursing skill set to meet the demands of the position. After working there for two weeks, you are assigned to Phoebe as a one to one nurse.Phoebe is a 58-year-old woman who coded during valve replacement surgery and is not doing well in the recovery room. Nurses are only assigned one to one to the most unstable and critical patients. Phoebe finally regains consciousness several hours after surgery, although the endotracheal tube remains in place, and she is still connected to a ventilator. The surgeons speak to Phoebe about the severity of her condition and the likelihood that she may die, then they leave the recovery room.Phoebe indicates that she wants a pen and a paper pad to write on because she cannot speak with the endotracheal tube in place. She writes about half a page, folds the note, and writes an address on it. Using the pad of paper, she asks you if you will send the letter out for her after you get home. You gladly agree.Reflective Questions
After reading the scenario, answer the following questions in a Microsoft Word document. Refer to the learning material presented in this module for guidance.

As the nurse caring for Phoebe, what are your priority concerns?
Are there any issues with sending the letter for Phoebe? Why or why not?