Beneficence and the law: Constitution and statute Scenarios
The theatre recovery room has six monitors for patients recovering from theatre. Because of a shortage of monitors, when the number of patients in the recovery room exceeds six, the nursing staff have to rotate the monitors between patients.- Is such a practice ethical and legal? Why or why not?
- 2. There is a shortage of equipment such as disposable syringes, and the health professionals have to sterilize them for further use. Such sterilization and re-use may result in reinfection of patients.
- Is such a practice ethical and legal? Why or why not?