discuss accountability, failing to prioritise patients, falling to preserve safety duty of candour, poor communication within the nursing team- not informing of water heater maintenance.
Legal issues raised by the scenario- discuss the duty of care, negligence and omissions/blameworthy, non-doing (failing to check bath) health & safety law and accident and reporting, possible consider RIDDOR legal liability of a private healthcare provider. Also to include statutory law and the case law- also use the principles of the case law cited to draw similarities or differences to that of the scenario. So establish why the case law is relevant to your thinking.
Ethical issues raised by the scenario, consider autonomy, beneficence, and non-maleficence as the core principles but also consider justice as the fourth ethical cornerstone.
Discuss about Professional, Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing .
