You have been working at a residential aged Care for seven months of a year-long graduate program. You enjoy the facility and have established rapport with the staff and residents. The facility has 38 single rooms. Clara is an RN who moved to the facility from the city for a tree change and has worked in residential aged care for 15 years. While you have become friendly with a few of the RNs, Clara is quiet and tends to keep to herself. You have heard Clara complain of back pain several times since you have worked there and seen her taking tablets at the end of his night shift as you are coming on, but you had not thought anything of it. You have been added to a WhatsApp group with a few of the staff and you know that there are several negative comments about Clara and her ‘dodgy’ medical practices. On your next shift, you are completing the medication count with Rita (RN) when you notice the Panadiene Forte of a recently deceased resident is missing. Sonam (EN) is in the room and explains that Clara took them out of the cupboard as they were no longer required. There is a line through the page and Clara has written ‘deceased’. Utilise leadership principles to respond to contemporary issues within the nursing profession. Formulate strategies to respond to this issue as a beginning-level practitioner considering ethical, legal, professional, and clinical aspects of the case.
You have been working at a residential aged Care for seven months of a year-long graduate program. You enjoy the facility and have established rapport with the staff and residents. The facility has 38 single rooms.
Clara is an RN who moved to the facility from the city for a tree change and has worked in residential aged care for 15 years. While you have become friendly with a few of the RNs, Clara is quiet and tends to keep to herself.
You have heard Clara complain of back pain several times since you have worked there and seen her taking tablets at the end of his night shift as you are coming on, but you had not thought anything of it. You have been added to a WhatsApp group with a few of the staff and you know that there are several negative comments about Clara and her ‘dodgy’ medical practices.
On your next shift, you are completing the medication count with Rita (RN) when you notice the Panadiene Forte of a recently deceased resident is missing. Sonam (EN) is in the room and explains that Clara took them out of the cupboard as they were no longer required. There is a line through the page and Clara has written ‘deceased’.
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