Discussion Board
ASSIGNMENT
Utah Nurse Arrested Over Blood Draw: This Shouldn't Happen Again by DANIEL ARKIN
Access and read the article about a recent event at a Utah hospital and then answer the questions below.
1. Discuss how this incident relates to healthcare quality using some of the concepts covered so far in the book.
2. Do you think Nurse Wubbles did the right thing in refusing access to draw blood from this patient? As a future health care professional, would you be willing to go as far as Nurse Wubbles to protect a patient's rights?
3. The article mentions that the hospital has made policy changes following this incident. Do you think additional policy changes will help, hurt or make no impact on the facility's level of quality? Give some reasons to support your response, again using concepts that we've read about so far in the book.