Regular Appointment
Smith’s signature on a medical certificate. Pieter then
Regular Appointment means the employment of a person in an
authorized full-time position following successful completion of
a probationary period in a full-time authorized position.
Ad Internim
The Interim order is the order which is passed when the suit is
still pending in the court. The Ad Interim means in the
meantime or temporary. Ad Interim stay means the temporary
order of injunction passed by the court while the suit is still
pending. It is granted when the applicant established that there
would be irreparable damage without it or as per the Court
require.
Doctrine of Hold over
The term means the time during which the officer may claim to
hold the office as of right, and fixes the interval after which the
several incumbents shall succeed one another
GROUNDS
Moral Turpitude
 Aggravated assault, including assault likely to
produce bodily harm
 assault charges, domestic violence, sexual
imposition, child abuse, neglect
Unprofessional & unethical conduct
 Diverting controlled substances from the workplace
 Breaching nurse-patient confidentiality
Gross incompetence or serious ignorance
 Failure to Monitor the Patient
 Not Implementing Patient-Appropriate Safety
Measures
 Abandonment of Patient Care
Malpractice or negligence
 Not responding to a patient in a timely manner
 Administration of medicine without a doctor
prescription.
 Injuring a Patient with Medical Equipment
Use of fraud, deceit, false statements
 breaching nurse-patient confidentiality
 Dr. Smith discovers that a nurse, Pieter, forged Dr.
submitted the medical certificate to his employer to
get three months paid ‘sick’ time off work. Pieter was
really on vacation in Mexico. Dr. Smith makes a
complaint to BCCNM.
 On Wednesday, Eric forgets to administer
medications to four of his twenty clients. To cover his
error, Eric documents that he administered the
missed medications. Eric justifies his action to falsify
documentation by telling himself that the medications
he had missed wouldn’t result in harm if not taken. On
Friday, Eric’s manager approaches him and says that
four clients had complained of not receiving their
usual medications on Wednesday. The manager asks
Eric if he had administered the medications. Fearing
for his job, Eric said he did.
Violation of the Code of Ethics
 Spreading gossip, bullying, ostracizing or otherwise
making other nurses on staff feel intimidated,
inadequate or unwelcome
 Ignoring basic safety and hygiene standards, which
may put your patients, co-workers and self at risk
 Losing your patience with a patient in an unhealthy or
abusive way, such as yelling, calling names, belittling
or causing physical harm
Specializations of the new board of nursing members
1. Carmelita Divinagracia, EdD
Concentration: Nursing Education/Research
2. Gloria B. Arcos PhD, RN
Concentration: Nursing Service/Management
3. Florence Cawaon , EdD, RN
Concentration: Nursing Education/Management
4. Carfredda Dumlao , PhD, RN
Concentration: Telehealth Nursing
5. Glenda Arquiza , PhD, RN
Concentration: Nursing Education/Management