To investigate aspects of the doctor nurse relationships,
specifically what happens when a nurse is ordered to carry out a
procedure that goes against their professional standards
Method
USA
12 graduate nurses and 21 student
nurses asked to fill out questionnaire
about what they'd do in a experimental
situation
22 nurses targeted for FIELD experiment
While alone on the ward nurses recieved a phonecall from an unknown
doctor. 1. The nurse is asked to give a overdose of a drug (placebo) to a
patient. 2. Order is given over phone but hospital policy requires orders
are given in person 3. The drug is unauthorised on the ward he/she was
working on. 4. The order is given by an unfimilar voice