TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROJECT OUTLINE 2
CASE HISTORY 3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5
LIMITATIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS 7
ANALYSIS 9
CONCLUSIONS 18
RECOMMENDATIONS 19
APPENDIX I 21
REFERENCES 27
PROJECT OUTLINE
Ethical Dilemma:
Injuries sustained by Justin Paul (Baby Justin) while under the professional care at the Mt. Hope Maternity Hospital.
Ethical Issues:
1. To determine whether the nurses involved in this case were negligent in providing a duty of care to Baby Justin, and
2. To determine whether the disciplinary action taken by the Nursing Council of Trinidad and Tobago were just and fair
CASE HISTORY
On April 17, 2007 James & Justin Paul were born prematurely, both weighing approximately four pounds each, at the Mt Hope Maternity Hospital. Mere hours after their birth, Justin's parents were told that he had received second degree burns to his left shoulder, arm and hand from a hot water bottle in a hospital incubator and was sent to the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital. The hot water bottle which was used to keep the baby warm was wrapped in a blanket and kept close to Justin but it was too hot.
Hospital Administrator, Davlin Thomas, said that millions of dollars were spent on upgrading the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit and it was not necessary to use water bottles to keep babies warm as there were machines ...