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Management Workbook

Promoting the Development and Understanding of Management Issues for Pre-Registration Nurses

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Scenario 1 - Managing a Clinical Situation

A healthcare assistant comes up to you and states that she has stabbed herself on a needle found in a patient's bed.

Question 1

Question 1: What should you do first?

Question 2

Question 2: Who do you have to report this incident to and why?

Question 3

Question 3: What action would you expect the doctor to take?

Question 4

Question 4: What different action would you take, if any, if the patient had a diagnosis of HIV or AIDS?

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