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Nursing adm & nur ma

legal and ethical issuses in nursing chap 13

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Nurse-managers can avoid issues of liability for their staff by ensuring staff Follow hospital policy and procedure, Deliver competent nursing care
Nurse-managers play a key role in assisting the institution to avoid corporate liability
Failure to Warn Failure to warn potential employers of staff incompetence or impairment
Hiring Practices Representation of the position during the interview,
Employee handbooks and disciplinary procedures
Staffing issues Adequate numbers, Floating staff, Temporary or “agency” staff
Guidelines for nurse-managers Alert administrators and upper-level managers of concerns, Legal duty to notify chief operating officer when understaffing endangers patient welfare
Mandatory overtime Some states have statutes that prohibit mandatory overtime
Float Staff & Staff members who are rotated from unit to unit
Agency Personnel Independent contractors v. institutional liability, Ostensible authority (apparent agency), Borrowed servant doctrine
Cases have arisen related to two areas Workplace safety, Discrimination
Created by: rcline@
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