A patient with heroin addiction has a central line for antibiotic administration to treat an infection
After seeing the patient inject a dose of heroin through the line, the nurse provides sterile syringes and needles for the patient to use in the future. The nurse's action would be considered: 1. Supportive of the patient's needs at this time, though not recommended long term.
2. Punishable by immediate termination from the health care facility.
3. Criminal, and should be reported to the security department and the local police.
4. Something that a nurse would never do.
Supportive of the patient's needs at this time, though not recommended long term.
Rationale: The nurse realizes the patient is being treated for an infection even though the patient is heroin addict. The nurse is determining what could be done to support the patient's most pressing need. Because of the current infection, the patient could be making the situation worse by using nonsterile needles and syringes to dose with heroin. Therefore, the nurse made the decision to help reduce the onset of infection by providing sterile needles and syringes. There is not enough information about the situation to suggest the nurse should be punished by immediate termination or be reported to the police for actions taken. This situation would most likely need to be addressed by the organization's ethics committee.
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