CASE STUDY/Ethics

The Crime
This ethical issue that I have decided to write about is a matter that has occurred in many medical facilities across the world. I have made up some names for this case study but the incident is real. This case study involves a physician named Derek Johnson M.D. This physician worked with numerous of nurses and other health care professionals and most of them believed Dr. Johnson had a narcotics problem. The health care providers did not know for sure if this physician was using narcotics they could only speculate and they had some evidence that Dr. Johnson was illegally using the narcotics. The health care providers thought Dr Johnson was illegally using anesthesia. The reason the other health care …show more content…

This takes the help of health care providers and patients. In Dr Johnson case his logs could have been monitored by the chief of anesthesia. Also when there were incidents noticed by other staff members an occurrence report could have been done. These reports are done when incidents may arise that may cause loss of property or injuries. This could have helped Dr Johnson before he was endangered of losing his life. (How does a Nurse file a complaint?) There are measures established to ensure physicians do not misuse medications. Physicians are supposed to keep a log of the patients they administer medications like anesthesia to and the amount. When this problem was first discovered the nurse that speculated should have filed a complaint with a reliable source that is willing to assist the facility physicians. This issue should be presented to an ethics committee. This should be presented to an ethic committee because of the type of issue that it and the attention that it requires. No one knows for sure if Dr Johnson is taking narcotics from the health care facility for person use but due to his behavior it is clear that their has been some change. Ethics committees are a group of people who services patients and health care providers needs when ethical decision making becomes a challenge in a health care facility. The committee is made up of members of the public or community, ethicists, physicians, nurses, social workers, counselors, spiritual care providers and