What it means
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Nurse
Practice
Act
Malpractice
Is professional negligence
Comes under Tort
Consumer is plaintif
Professional is a defendant
Battery
Assault
Libel-written
Slander
Negligence/Malpractice
Negligence or malpractice is an act or an omission
to act that breaches the duty of due care and
results in or is responsible for a persons injuries.
Nurse must ensure professional behavior- always
reflects statutory & professional standards.
Elements necessary to prove negligence
Duty; nurse owed client duty of due care
Breach of duty owed client (below or deviation
from standard)
Proximate cause
Injury
Damages Cause in fact
Evaluated by asking except for what the nurse
did, would this injury have occurred?
Negligence/Malpractice
(contd)
Elements of Informed
Consent
(Contd)Act requires
Patient Self-Determination
HIPPA (Confidentiality)
Patient Confidentiality
Ethical considerations
Confidentiality is right of all patients
ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses (2001)
asserts duty of nurse to protect
confidentiality of patients
Legal considerations
Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA), 2003
Health information may not be released
without patients consent, except to
those people for whom it is necessary
in order to implement the treatment
plan
Patient Confidentiality
(contd)
Exceptions
Avoiding Liability
Respond to the client in a timely
manner, respectful
Educate the client
Professional behavior must always reflect
the statutory and professional standards
Supervise care
Adhere to the nursing process
Document carefully
Sa
Follow up and evaluate
Ro fety
un
ds
Maintain a good interpersonal
relationship with client and family
Ethical Principles
Principles that serve as codes of conduct about right
and wrong behaviors to guide the action of individuals
Study of philosophical beliefs about what is considered
right or wrong in a society
Bioethics- ethical concerns related to client care
Everyday Ethics
Chapter 8
The Nursing Process in
PsychiatricMental
Healthcare & Nursing
Interventions
Ch 7
Nursing Process
Directs Collection, analysis and interpretation of data
Decision making
Goal setting
Prioritization
Selection of appropriate interventions
Implementations
Evaluations
Framework for critical thinking about nursing care
When applied to nursing practice, helps to solve clinical
problems and plan systematic care
Levels of intervention
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Standards of Care
Standards of Care
(Contd)