The Ethical, Legal And Professional Implications That May Arise When Dealing With Patients And Patient 's Family

Nursing is one of the most intimate health care professions. They are connected to their patients as soon as they are admitted into their care right through until they are discharged into someone else’s care. With this, nurses have a strict professional identity and scope of practice to prevent a nurse from over stepping their professional boundaries. A nurses’ duty of care does go beyond the average healthcare professional but still does not impair the

There are a number of legal and ethical duties expected of nurses. Most of these involve care for patient’s autonomy and confidentiality despite the medical care. Failure to act regarding these can give rise to liability. One aspect of Patient’s autonomy involves giving or withholding his consent about treatment. This paper takes into account ‘consent’ as the aspect of law regarding nursing.

The purpose of this essay is to reflect on my personal role in the inter-professional team and the delivery of healthcare that I have encountered during my duty as a health care assistant in one of the hospitals here in England. In accordance with the NMC (2002) Code of professional conduct, confidentiality shall be maintained and all names have been changed to protect identity. The purpose of reflection as stated by John's (1995) is to promote desirable practice through the practitioner's understanding and learning about his/her lived experiences. I have decided to reflect upon an incident with the nurse in charge in one of my shifts and in order to structure my reflection I

Lecturer in Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin, Republic of Ireland

This essay will consider ethics in nursing, discuss values and morals and how dignity and respect in patient care is influenced; considering the importance of reflection and the implications it has on effective practice from the perspective of a student nurse. The scenario “Call Me Joe” provided by Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) (2010a) highlights concerning issues and bad practice that are happening in modern day nursing practice, and using the Driscoll and Teh (2001) reflective model: What, Now What and So What, to consider the care that Joe is receiving; considering how the nursing practice affects him directly and the implications of the nature of knowledge in nursing practice. Part of the way in which nursing practice is

Nursing surrounds the concept of patient care physically, mentally and ethically. The therapeutic relationship that is created is built on the knowledge and skills of the nurse and relies on patient and nurse trusting one another. The use of nursing skills can ensure these boundaries are maintained, it allows for safe patient care. Professional boundaries are the line that nurses cannot cross, involving aspects such as patient confidentiality and privacy, ensuring legal aspects of nursing and the boundaries put in place are not breached. However, nurses accepting financial or personal gain from patient can also cross these professional boundaries. It is only through education in this area that the rights of patients can be preserved, as

This assignment will explore a case study on an episode of care where a patient with chronic pain was hoisted. This will be written from the perspective of the author, a student nurse. The purpose of this assignment is to underline the ethical, legal and professional issues surrounding the episode of care during nursing practice and how these issues influence the role of the nurse and their professional judgement in delivering holistic, person-centred care for the patient. The author will cover the complications on delivering care when healthcare professionals should consider and respect the patient’s decisions and personal preferences whether it may benefit the patient or not. Therefore, the author will argue the principles of the

In addition to this, nurses are underpinned by legal rules that uphold the reputation of nursing profession at all times and patient’s safety (Reader et al 2013). The essay will demonstrate an awareness of the professional, legal and ethical aspects in nursing practice to promote quality care so that patients will be treated as individual, with respect and dignity (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2015). Moreover, the writer will use a service user from her practise placement to relate on how the role of a nurse in providing compassionate care, holistic complexity of healthy, and person centred care in context of the 6Cs.

The nursing profession is a helping profession, not simply a collection of specific skills to complete a required task (Peckham & Meerabeau, 2007). The actions of a Registered Nurse (RN) can not only affect the relationship with a patient, but the general trustworthiness of the nursing profession as a whole (NCNZ,2012). In this essay the writer will analyse a scenario which negatively impacted on a resident, which was witnessed while on clinical placement and discuss the legal, ethical and professional obligations observed by the RN.

Registered Nurses (RNs) and nursing students may confront complex legal or ethical issues in nursing practice (Cerit & Dinc 2012). RNs and nursing students are required to have knowledge of legal and ethical requirements relevant to nursing practice, and are expected to abide by them (Heaton 2015). When facing a legal or ethical problem in practice, RNs and nursing students should identify the issue, and consider its legal and ethical implications in a decision-making process in order to draw an appropriate conclusion (Then & McDonald 2014). In each of the three Case Studies, this paper will identify the main issues and discuss the legal requirements for nursing students and RNs, and the implications for the education provider or health facility. This paper will also include personal reflections for each case study, involving discussions about ethical considerations.

In connection with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct (2015) which states that people’s right to confidentiality must be respected at all times. It is essential that in this report all

Professional relationships with patients and the developments in standard of care have made law paramount to the study and practice of nursing. Law helps keep up to date nursing practice in every stage of patient care making it important for nurses to understand the ethical and legal implications of law in their nursing profession (Griffith and Tengrah, 2011).

Firstly we will look at ethics in nursing regarding dignity and respect, treating a person as an individual when in hospital can be an important part of any patients healing process, and to make sure these patients

This essay will be discussing the professional, legal and ethical roles of the nurse that is relevant to this statement: “You must ensure that you gain consent before you begin any treatment or care” and “uphold people’s rights to be fully involved in decisions about their care.”

“You may not control life 's circumstances, but getting to be the author of your life means getting to control what you do with them” (Atul Gawande). This quote, from renowned surgeon and essayist, Atul Gawande, expresses an important idea in medical ethics: patients possess a certain level of autonomy in the doctor-patient relationship, and this autonomy needs to be respected by medical professionals. Ethically-speaking, physicians owe their patients full disclosure about their diagnoses, treatment options, and any potential medical risks. Patients have the inherent right to know all aspects of their illness or malady, and it is not up to physicians to decide which information should be withheld from patients. Withholding information from patients breaks down any trust that may have existed within the physician-patient relationship, and thus leads to an overall patient dissatisfaction towards the healthcare system.