law and nursing

Are the nurses intentionally leaving the med out of the IVF or or they forgetting or assuming the med is already in the IVF? This could be a med error and not necessarily illegal.

Are the nurses intentionally leaving the med out of the IVF or or they forgetting or assuming the med is already in the IVF? This could be a med error and not necessarily illegal.

Quite right. :)

OP, what did your state's Nurse Practice Act say on the subject?

If it was done on purpose I suppose someone could say it was criminal negligence, reckless and wanton endangerment, or if it caused harm it could be considered a battery. Depends on the state and what the prosecuting body wants to call it. The victim would need to go to a prosecuting attorney or law enforcement and it's their job to investigate the issue.

Your flag indicates you are from Australia, are you still there are in another country? Remember acts and laws will vary depending where you are

thanks for all.

i'm from Australia. in N.S.W.

this is a question in my assignment :)

the nurse did it on purpose when the patient was in a coma and hence the patient died.

however, the patient have a oral 'advance medical directive' before the coma, which is 'if next im in coma, you should let me go.'

what i thought was similar to your opinion, the law is quite different everywhere.

cheers