NRSG 2010

Patient Rights Case Study You are a staff nurse working on a busy medical/surgical unit. Several days ago you cared for a patient, an 80-year-old retired nurse. This patient’s daughter comes to you to complain about a staff nurse taking care of her mother this evening. The patient had requested a stronger analgesic for a headache caused by a cerebral hemorrhage due to a high INR related to Coumadin therapy. The physician ordered the medication at noon, and by 3 PM it had not yet been admi...