Practice task 14

Read the case study, then answer the questions that follow.

Case study

Emily is a nurse for a community service organisation that provides help to people in their own homes. Emily provides support to Barbara, a 55-year-old lady who is living with some mobility difficulties as a result of a stroke. Barbara is an artist and has several nude prints of herself in her house.

Emily is not the only community services worker from her organisation who visits Barbara. Last week Emily walked into the staff room and overheard Miranda talking to Chelsea about all of Barbara’s prints. Although Chelsea works in their team she is not directly involved with Barbara’s care.

Miranda told Chelsea, ‘If I had a body like that I would rather die than pose nude and then put it up for everyone to see. Maybe the stroke affected her eyesight too’.

At first Emily is shocked about these unprofessional and inappropriate comments. The more she thinks about the situation the more she realises that Miranda has breached the organisation’s workplace policies in more than one way. Emily decides that she needs to report the situation to her supervisor.

There are four questions.