Identification of the ethical questionS.C. (registered nurse) was called and asked to care for her combative patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) and ignored this request. She injected lidocaine into her big toe, falsely documented the administration of medications to multiple patients, and altered a doctor's medication order in the computer while employed at a facility. After being fired from that facility and employed at another, she failed to mention her former employer or the fact that she was enrolled in a treatment program. For failing to mention important information, SC was fired from her new employer. After the termination, a syringe containing morphine, a syringe containing lidocaine, two Ultram tablets and a Benadryl allergy and sinus tablet were found in the SC employee locker. Also during his employment at this facility, the administration and recordkeeping of medications came into question. Throughout this time, SC had been enrolled in an intervention program in which she had not participated and complied with the conditions. As a result of her actions, SC nurses' licenses have been suspended indefinitely. Discussion/Nursing Implications It is never acceptable for one of the most trusted people in the world to violate this public trust. SC raped her patients; she failed the members of her care team and the facilities that employed her. Additionally, after being given the opportunity to seek treatment, she did not show up and continued to lie by failing to reveal her past to the program's investigator. Provision 3 of the Code of Ethics states that “the nurse promotes, advocates and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient”. When SC injected drugs while she was at work, she put... middle of paper ......SC did not provide this type of care to its patients. In 2013, SC requested and the board received its request for reinstatement. During this process, SC was found to have been sober since 2005, was not taking any medications, was seeing a counselor and was enrolled in college to receive a bachelor's degree in psychology this December. It was concluded that SC's license would be reinstated without restriction after demonstrating "satisfactory evidence that she is prepared to return to the practice of nursing in a safe and competent manner." Works Cited Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements. (2001). Washington, DC: American Nurses Association Nursing Case Decisions. (nd). Department of Health Professions. Accessed November 14, 2013, from http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/enforcement/cdecision/boardresults.asp?board=10&send=View