It is a guarantee to the society that services provided by nurses are being regulated by members of profession. “Quality assurance is a judgment concerning the process of care, based on the extent to which that cares contributes to valued outcomes”. (Donabedian 1982). “Quality assurance as the monitoring of the activities of client care to determine the degree of excellence attained to the implementation of the activities”. (Bull, 1985) Quality assurance is the defining of nursing practice through well written nursing standards and the use of those standards as a basis for evaluation on improvement of client care (Maker 1998).
Jerry still wants to help the patient but as he still knows that he is not licensed to prescribe any medication to any patient. Even if the medication was for controlling high blood pressure or is as small as aspirin Jerry will still not be able to fill or refill and prescriptions. If any of the patients call the office for any prescriptions to be refilled, then Jerry or anyone in that office will need to tell the patient to call in ahead as to get the prescription filled before they run low or run out. In some cases the patient will still need to be evaluated to get a
This Act shall be liberally explained to best carry out these subjects and purposes. Scope of practice was developed by the American Nurses Association (ANA). The scope of practice describes the “who”, “what”, “when”, “where”, “how”, and “why” of nursing practice. It outlines restrictions to that the law permits, based on specific experience and educational requirements. The nursing profession has one scope of practice that covers a full range of nursing practice pertaining to general and specialty practice.
This paper will address why Jerry is not qualified to refill any prescription medication. If Jerry is protected if a lawsuit is filled. Jerry’s decision is a tough one, legal and ethical issues and advice will be provided for Jerry’s use. Jerry’s medical training does not qualify him to issue a refill order as well as the pharmacy law. A licensed practical nurse is below a registered nurse level and not even an RN can do this.
Confidentiality in Nursing Introduction: This essay will give a brief definition regarding the principles of nursing practice, state why there are important to nursing practice. It will then explore confidentiality as a principle E of nursing practice, report why confidentiality is extremely important within nursing practice and will discuss the patient’s rights in relation to law. Relevant reference of published literature will be put forward in this essay to support the author statement. Main body: RCN (2010) states that the Principles of nursing practice “describe what everyone can expect from nursing practice, whether they are colleagues, patients, the families or carers of patients”. There are eight Principles of nursing practice such as; Principle A: “focuses on dignity, equality, diversity and humanity” Principle B: “focuses on ethical integrity, legal integrity, accountability and responsibility”.
Following nursing theory and nursing research side by side is a must for patient care and nursing practice. Nurse Practice Act ascertains the protection of the public from harm. What is the Scope of Practice for Nursing? The Nursing Practice Act (NPA) sets out the scope of practice and responsibilities for RNs and formulates the rules and regulations which specify the implementation of the law. Certain formal training is required for licensure which is checked by the Nursing practice act.
The core concept of nursing is the diversity in healthcare settings dealt with the disparity between theorist of Florence Nothingale and Jean Watson. Florence Nothingale environment theory and metaparadigms will help establish the criteria which identify where and when nurse apply the core concept of nursing practice on a daily basis. Jean Watson theory is the philosophy and science of caring which is interrelated theories of Florence nightingale concepts. To understand these theory we have to understand the core concept of knowledge that will establish the path of explanations and give the meaning of a phenomena of nursing practice. These nursing practices must base on nursing theories we are using in the clinical setting of practice.
All practioners need to comply with the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy rule (Fisher, 2013). The privacy rule gives rights to health professionals, as well as to their patients. Under the new law, psychologists can decide whether to release their psychotherapy notes to patients, unless patients would have access to their psychotherapy notes under state law (APA.org, 2010). Though the privacy rule does afford patients the right to access and inspect their health records, psychotherapy notes are treated differently: Patients do not have the right to obtain a copy of these under HIPAA. And when a psychologist denies a patient access to these notes, the denial isn't subject to a review process, as it is with other records.
Professional Ethics Introduction Professional ethics is one major component of the nursing profession that involves legal and ethical concerns in the health care setting to define responsibilities and conduct in the professional setting. It is important that the nurse responds to these unique challenges in a professional manner while continuing to advocate for the patients to the best ability. According to Guido (2010), “Ethics is the branch of philosophy concerned with evaluating human action” (p. 3). This involves the internal process of determining between what is right or wrong (based on reasoning), and then showing the appropriate response to the situation based on principles. When distinguishing the difference between ethics and morals, we must consider morals to be “personal principles that are acquired from life experiences, family and peer relationships, religion, culture, and the law” (Guido, 2010, p. 3).
The patient, the foetus, has not be informed before the therapy as he or she is still in gravidity. That is the moral obligation of doctors to explain the procedures thoroughly to the patient for its risk and the type of approach used (Walters, Palmer, & Johnson, 1997). The decision is mainly made by their parents and not the baby itself. As ‘one made, it could not be corrected back’, patient may not agree to the procedures when they grow up and leads to a legal issues. Furthermore, it is also immoral to operate on foetus as the risk of operation is high.