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Safe nursing
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Nursing practice is base on the federal and state laws, acts, and court
decisions. American Nurses Association and other organizations offer specialty
certificates, policies, procedures, and job descriptions. The role of nurse
changes according to the advancements in medicine.
The primary concern must be the patient safety, adhering to several key
ethics have to be followed, to protect legally
Proper medications
When the medications go wrong, the safety of the patient is always questionable
and it would be expensive for follow-up care, litigation and monetary aawards.
Be familiar with the appropriate medication to be followed by the patient
according to the patient’s condition. If the drug is not familiar, get reference
from the pharmacy.
• Right patient
• Right medication
• Right dose
• Right time
• Right route
- are to be practiced to do a dedicated service.
Monitor properly
Once all the initial assessment, diagnosis and care plan is over, there
is a need to monitor each and every the changes in the patient’s condition.
Despite documenting, make proper communication with the physician or the
patient for further treatment.
Effective communication
Ideal communication is explaining all about the patient when transferring
their care to another one, Incorporate positive thoughts in the patient
and interacting the family members of the patient.
Communicating is not just talking, it needs listening skills. When there
is low proficiency level in English, rely on the professional medical translator.
If such a person is not available in the hospitals, you can face the charges
of substandard of nursing, legally.
Delegation of responsibility
The patients of acute care are more in number. To make this up, many nursing
team includes unlicensed assistive personnel. So a RN must choose the ones
who have appropriate skills. While delegating the works, the other parson
has to come under your personal supervision. Use right medicines at right
time. Assigning a UAP to the patient in the ambulance would lead to high
risk.
Give the m the right direction, concise description which must include limits
and expectations. When you want the patient to be in 120/80 to 140/80 in
pressure, mention the exact numbers and make them note.
Documentation
Accurate and prompt timing sense in documentation is very much necessary.
It helps a lot in any legal suit against you.
• Medical record is a legal document of the treatment given, required by
state laws.
• It is a means of communications amidst the caregivers and takers.
• It is helpful in education and research.
• It comes first in insurance or reimbursement claims.
It is the exact evidence in legal proceedings
Policies and procedures
Institutional and patient care policies and procedures must rely on the
latest version of legal practice.any deviation in these would lead to liability
exposure.
Proper usage of equipment
Adequate training in the equipments you handle is highly necessary. Never
ever try to operate the equipments with a guess.
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