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Nursing adm & nur ma
legal and ethical issuses in nursing chap 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |