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Title: NUR1010 Introductory Nursing 1 Week 3
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NUR1010 Introductory Nursing 1Week 3
- Professional Accountability
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Readings
- Crisp Taylor, Chapters 20 21
- Key Words
- Legal liability
- Ethics Morals
- Confidentiality
- Duty of Care
- Negligence
- Assault Battery
- Documentation
- Staff shortages
- Risk management
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What is professional accountability?
- Safe nursing practice requires an understanding
of the legal and ethical framework within which
nurses must function. - Students practice, under supervision, at a
standard deemed reasonable for their level of
knowledge skills
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Sources of LawThere are two sources of law in
Australia
- Parliamentary Law or Legislation
- Federal Legislation i.e. Health Insurance Act
- State/Territory Legislation i.e. Nursing
Regulatory Acts are set by each State Territory
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- Common or Case Law
- Developed in the courts and based on the
Doctrine of Precedent - Two main areas are
- Criminal Law The State must prove Beyond all
reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty - Civil Law Proof is based on the Balance of
Probabilities
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Law of Torts
- Tort a civil wrong made against a person or
property - Negligence causing personal pain, damage and
financial loss to another because of failure to
exercise reasonable care. (Staunton, 1989).
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The complainant must prove on the Balance of
Probabilities, that
- They were owed a Duty of Care by the other person
- That Duty of Care was breached
- That the damage suffered, mental, physical or
financial, was a direct result of the breach of
Duty of Care
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- Assault and Battery Touching without consent,
or creating in the mind of another, fear of
unwanted contact (Wallace, 1991). - Any treatment given to a patient without the
patients consent (Staunton Whyburn, 1993). - NB Consent to treatment or touching involves the
patient knowing exactly what is to be done!
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Where do you stand as students?
- As nursing students you are expected to carry out
care at a standard deemed reasonable for a
nursing student at your level of knowledge and
skills - The courts would judge your actions against what
a reasonable student of the same level of
education would have done
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How to be accountable
- Be aware of the laws and standards that guide
nursing practice - Apply those standards to your practice
- Be proactive and report actual and potential
risks and hazards - Careful documentation
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Documentation should be
- Brief, accurate complete
- Legible
- Objectively written
- Written contemporaneously or at the time of the
incident - Use only accepted abbreviations
- Know the exact meaning of terminology used
- Draw a line through errors initial
- Do not document care for another nurse
- Signed
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