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Professional Adjustment / Juris Prudence: 3. Advice To Take Emetic Meds
Professional Adjustment / Juris Prudence: 3. Advice To Take Emetic Meds
First Hospitals:
I – Iloilo
P - PGH
L – St Lukes
M – Mary Johnson
S –St Paul
Nsg is a profession.
Profession – defined by PNA adapted from Americans NA
- a calling which its members profess to have acquired a unique body of knowledge & skills for purpose of guiding & caring
others.
Calling – service oriented
Members – RN
Unique – special body of knowledge
Others – pt – recipient of care
General rule: RN can’t give meds without Drs order otherwise RN will be liable for malpractice.
Exception, under code of ethics, RN can give drugs during emergency, calamity, national epidemics, no MD around.
Life of patient is in danger. Protected under Good Samaritan Act.
Good Samaritan Act – universal law that protects any person who will give an aid to another person whose life is in danger.
Mom calls re: 2 yo girl ingested baby aspirin at home. What’s best action for RN to advice mom on phone.
1. Advice mom to bring kid to hosp
2. Advice to call doc
3. Advice to take emetic meds
4. Advice to call h nrse
Health teaching – child proofing the home! Aspirin should not be reached by kid.
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. CONTRACTS/ CONSENTS – absence of coercion
char: V – voluntary – Free act. Independent act. Rational
O – opportunity to ask questions, suggestions & make recommendations
T – treatment, surgery, procedure – specifically explained to the patient by MD
U – understood by patient
M – matured physically – age 18 yo & above
Mentally – with sound mind, same & not an imbecile.
2. ILLEGAL DETENTION – limit freedom of patient to move or travel from one place to another.
Hosp – promissory note or guarantee
HIV – don’t detain patient
High risk HIV transmission – felatio
Quarantine regulation – SARS, Meningococcemia, anthrax
- public safety is priority.
3. LAST WILL & TESTAMENT - a person in permitted by the law to control/ dispose of his estate.
Effect is only upon his death.
Decedent – person who died and left no will. The law will handle estate.
Testator / Testatoux – died and left a will
Testate succession – heirs will inherit under a last will and testament.
Illegitimate – entitled to ½ of what legit children will inherit
Kabit – will get nothing
Intestate Succession – without last will
b) Holographic will
- handwritten by testator
- dated and signed by testator
- no need for witness
4. MEDICATONS/ PRESCRIPTIONS
Rules
1. MD, DVM, DMD – can prescribe meds
2. Should have :
a.) Name MD, PTR, PRC#, location of clinic/ hospital
b.) Name of patient, age, sex
c.) Information about drug – frequency duration
d.) Generic & brand name in prescription
Impossible Prescription – generic & brand name does not correspond with each other.
Do’s Don’ts
F – full, factual & accurate L – language – unacceptable
L – legible I – improper corrections
I – immediately after procedure S- spaces, skips
P – personal notes, not delegated A – avoid using too much abbreviations
Negligence – failure to do something which a reasonable & prudent person should have done.
2 types:
1. Commission
2. Omission – total neglect of care – didn’t do anything
Malpractice – doing acts or conducts that you are not authorized/ licensed/ competent/ skilled to perform, resulting to injuries/ non
injurious consequences
- RN exceeding the scope of nursing practice & does an MD’s job.
Fortuitous event – created by man – traffic not liable due beyond his control.
Infanticide – crime committed of person killed is age < 72h or <3days old
Parricide – killing of a person with relationship, ex. Bro in-law, sis, - relative
Homicide – killed a person to whom you have no relationship- product of negligence.
Murder – killing of a person with intension.
Simulation of birth – any person who shall substitute 1 child or identity of a child for the purpose of losing his civil status.
RA 9173 (Oct21,02)
BON qualifications
M – masters in NSG
A- accredited nsg org (PNA)
S – seven (1 chairman, 6 members)
I – immediately resign upon appointment
N – not convicted of any crime