Discussion: Describe the nursing practice that is consistent with the code of ethics for nursing and decide where the nurse violated the code.

The physician order’s o.o5 mg of Lanoxin elixir Po daily for a baby. A nurse makes a medication error of administering 0.5 mg and the patient goes in to cardiac arrest. That nurse must now go before the ethics committee. The nurse is faced with a discussion of the code of ethics for nursing.

1. Discussion: Describe the nursing practice that is consistent with the code of ethics for nursing and decide where the nurse violated the code.

2. Discuss nursing practice that could have prevented the error.