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Bridgit Dimond

Publications and source records attributed to Bridgit Dimond.

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Legal aspects of consent 22: nurses' position when obtaining consent.

Case scenario: staff nurse Fawn was asked to take on the role of getting the patients to sign the consent forms before surgery was carried out. She was concerned at the legality of her being asked to undertake this since she would not be carrying out the operations. What is the law?

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Legal aspects of consent 23: Department of Health guidelines.

This is the last article in the series on the legal aspects of consent. It looks at recent guidance that has been published by the Department of Health on consent for examinations and treatment. It discusses the content of this document and covers the main principles which apply in relation to consent as highlighted in this series.

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Statutory provisions of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.

Case Scenario: Rose is working as a staff nurse in the operating theatre of Roger Park Hospital when there is an explosion. She is severely burnt. Following an inspection by the Health and Safety Inspectorate, the Roger Park NHS Trust is informed that it will be prosecuted. It appears that the cause of the explosions was the result of gases igniting because of an electrical fault in a patient monitor.

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The British National Formulary and other medicine indexes.

Brenda, a staff nurse on the children's ward, noticed that a junior doctor had written a patient up for a drug of which she had not heard. She asked the ward sister whether she should administer it. The ward sister said that she was not familiar with the drug but that she could trust that doctor and therefore should administer the drug. What is the law?

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Principles for the correct administration of medicines: 1.

Heather was drawing up antibiotics which were to be given intravenously to a patient suffering from a severe chest infection. She had to mix the antibiotic with a saline solution and then administer it to the patient. She had a lot of patients to care for and failed to notice that the expiry date on the antibiotic had passed. The patient subsequently suffered harm. Is Heather to blame?

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The basic principles which apply to the writing of prescriptions.

Case Scenario: A woman in a private hospital was prescribed a top-up epidural following a hysterectomy. The junior doctor mistook a dose of 3 ml of a diamorphine for 30 ml. The woman collapsed following its administration and the doctor was unable to use the resuscitation equipment as he had not had the necessary training. Although the consultant was able to revive her, she died a few days later (Kennedy, 2000). Who is liable?

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The introduction of nurse prescribing in the community: 1.

A group of district nurses run a children's clinic. The district nurses who have prescribing powers are able, where appropriate, to give the mothers a prescription for any necessary medicinal products. Mavis decided that one child required a preparation for head lice and asked the mother if the child was asthmatic. The mother said no and the nurse wrote a prescription. Mavis said that she had been unable to refer to the child's records as they were not available at this clinic. She subsequently learnt that because of an allergic reaction, the child had suffered considerable harm. Is she liable?

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Midwives and the correct administration of medicines.

Miriam, a student midwife, was called to attend a home birth and arrived before the registered midwife. The woman was in considerable pain and had in her possession pethidine which had been left by the GP. She asked the student midwife to inject her with it. What is the legal position?

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Medicinal products and consent by mentally capacitated patients.

Case scenario: Roy Dawes has been diagnosed as having diabetes, but is not prepared to keep to the necessary diet which should have been able to control his condition. In particular he is a heavy drinker. He was therefore advised that he would require insulin and regular blood testing. He failed to comply with this regimen and the community nurse wondered if he could be compelled to have his medication. What is the law?

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Giving medicinal information to mentally capacitated patients.

Roy was advised that a new drug which had just come on the market would assist his chronic depression. He was not given any further information, but after taking it for a few days found that it had a strong effect on his personality and he became aggressive and violent. As a consequence of a fight at work he lost his job and now claims that had he known of these effects he would not have taken the new drug.

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Laws relating to HIV/AIDS infection and the rights of employees.

Following a holiday in Africa, Brenda, a nurse, was told that she had probably been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. She felt reasonably fit and since she worked in ophthalmic outpatients, an area where there was a very low risk of infecting patients, she wanted to keep this information to herself. What is the law?

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