Legal and Ethical Issues In Nursing Carey Bosold

Legal and Ethical Issues In Nursing Carey Bosold MSN, FNP Orientation to Nursing

Legal Issues n Administrative Law n Nurse Practice Act n n Legal definition of Nursing Scope of Practice New Rules and Regulations State Board of Nursing n n n Protection of the public Appointed officials and staff Quarterly Updates n www. arsbn. org

Disciplinary Actions n n n How Reported The Hearing The Discipline Voluntary Surrender of License n Reprimand n Probation n Suspension n

Scope of Practice n “Is this in my scope of practice”? Part of your education program? n Comprehensive training and continuing education? n Is the skill/task covered in nursing literature? n Would a “reasonable and prudent” nurse carry out the task or skill? n Is the skill or task covered in the institution policy and procedure manual? n

Law n n “Rule of conduct or action which is formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority” 3 Types of Law n n n Statutory Law Regulatory Law Common Law Criminal Law Civil Law n Tort

Law and Nursing n n Reckless Endangerment Criminal Negligence Doing the wrong thing n Doing the right thing at the wrong time n Failure to do the right thing n n n “Failure to rescue” Malpractice

Nursing Responsibilities n n n Supervising/Delegation Duty to report or seek medical care for the patient Duty to review orders, identify problems Duty to protect patient information Duty to confirm informed concent

Law and Nursing n n Fraud Assault Battery False imprisonment DOCUMENTATION!!!!

Ethical Issues in Nursing n n n n Morals Ethical Dilemma Autonomy Justice/Distributive Justice Beneficence Nonmaleficence