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The nurses should have refused "Dr Smith's" instructions for any one of several reasons: The dosage they were instructed to administer was twice the recommended safe daily dosage; Hospital protocol stated that nurses should only take instructions from doctors known to them; they should not have followed instructions given by an unknown doctor ...
State of Tennessee v. RaDonda L. Vaught was an American legal trial in which former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and impaired adult abuse after she mistakenly administered the wrong medication that killed a patient in 2017. [1] She was sentenced to three years' probation.
Alex Wubbels was on-duty nurse at the time and advised Payne that the police request did not meet the legal requirements and could not be performed. Wubbels cited established policy that the patient must be under arrest, or; a warrant must have been issued ordering the taking of a blood sample, or; the patient must give his or her consent. [1 ...
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[1] [2] The decision-making processes surrounding covert medication should be in the best interests of the patient, transparent and inclusive. [3] Research suggests that covert administration of drugs is an embedded practice in nursing homes for the elderly in New Zealand. [4] 43-71% of nursings homes in the United Kingdom acknowledge the practice.
Even at clinics that offer the medication, the upfront costs and budget limitations render it out of reach for the vast majority who come through their doors. But Patrick had insurance, and Anne, with her treatment background, thought she could find a prescribing doctor. “Patrick, we can get you the medication,” Anne told her son.
Okin that a competent person committed to a psychiatric hospital has the right to refuse treatment in non-emergency situations. The case of Rennie v. Klein established that an involuntarily committed individual has a constitutional right to refuse psychotropic medication without a court order. Rogers v.