Identification of the ethical issueS.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 changed a doctor's medication order on the computer while working at a facility. After being fired from this facility and employed at another, she did not mention her previous employer or being enrolled in a treatment program. For failing to mention important information, SC was fired by her new employer. After dismissal, a syringe with morphine, a syringe with lidocaine, two Ultram tablets and one Benadryl Allergy and Sinus tablet were found in the SC employee locker. Even during his employment at this facility, medication administration and documentation were called into question. During all this time, SC was enrolled in an intervention program in which she did not participate and did not comply with the terms. Due to his actions, his SC nursing license has been suspended indefinitely. Discussion/Nursing Implications It is never right for one of the most trusted people in the world to violate the public trust. SC violated his patients; she failed her healthcare team members and the facilities that employed her. Furthermore, after she had the opportunity to receive treatment, she did not show up and continued to lie when she did not disclose her past with the program researcher. Provision 3 of the Code of Ethics states that “the nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient.” When SC self-injected the drug while at work, he placed it... in the center of the paper... SC did not provide this type of care to his patients. In 2013, SC applied for reinstatement and the board received his application for reinstatement. During this process it was discovered that SC has been sober since 2005, takes no medications, sees a counselor and is enrolled in college to receive a bachelor's degree in psychology this coming December. It was concluded that SC's license would be reinstated without restriction after she demonstrated "satisfactory evidence of her readiness to safely and competently resume the practice of nursing." Works Cited Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretative Statements. (2001). Washington, DC: American Nurses Association Nursing Case Decisions. (n.d.). Department of Health Professions. Retrieved November 14, 2013, from http://www.dhp.virginia.gov/enforcement/cdecision/boardresults.asp?board=10&send=View