Your tutor has directed students to one of the Australian Governments website on the handling of sharps and when you check out the website, you can see that one of the recommendations is that needles must not be recapped, bent or broken after use.
September 16, 2022
Written Inquiry / ReflectionTask description :This task will require you to reflect upon and analyse a written or video-based healthcare scenario from an ethico-legal perspective, using Driscolls reflective model as a guide. It is expected that you will draw upon the unit content, personal experiences and relevant literature and learning resources to inform your reflection and analysis.Task length :1500 wordsAssessment criteria:Demonstrates familiarity with key concepts of ethical practice (covered in the unit) pertaining to the chosen situation;Demonstrates an understanding of the ethico-legal complexities inherent in the situation, and considers the implications of different courses of action;Shows evidence of developing ethical awareness and how self-reflection may inform your practice and relationships with others;Writes clearly and succinctly using Driscolls model (written in the first-person), with correct grammar, ethico-legal terminology and referencing (Harvard style);Integrates relevant literature and resources to support and justify key ideas and observations.Case StudyAssessment Task 3 Scenario 1You are an undergraduate nursing student at a large university and have juststarted your PEP in a busy urban hospital. In your practice units (your units thatgive you the practical skills you will need on PEP) your lecturer and tutor havestressed the importance of managing sharps (needles, cannulas and the like)correctly. Your tutor has told you on a number of occasions that after giving aninjection, you should never re-cap the needle instead, you should place it in akidney dish and dispose of it directly from the dish into a designated sharpscontainer.Your tutor has directed students to one of the Australian Governmentswebsite on the handling of sharps and when you check out the website, youcan see that one of the recommendations is that needles must not berecapped, bent or broken after use.While you are on your placement the registered nurse (RN) you are paired withasks you to give one of the patients his insulin injection. You are a bit nervousas this nurse can be quite critical if you dont do things her way. You give thepatient his injection and immediately realise you havent brought a kidney dishto the bedside. You start to panic a bit as you dont know where the closestsharps container is.The RN sees you awkwardly holding the needle and instructs you to re-cap it.You refuse, as you know that recapping needles increases the likelihood of aneedle-stick injury, which can potentially transfer serious blood-bornediseases. Again, the RN instructs you to re-cap the needle, but you stand yourground once more. The RN then screams at you to re-cap the needle. Anxiousand distressed, you begin to place the cap on the needle, but are shaking somuch that the needle accidently punctures the skin on your left thumb. Clearlyexasperated, the RN turns to the patient and states: well now need to take asample of your blood to see what rare diseases this imbecile may havecontracted!
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