FN MODULE 3M

• A privilege or fundamental power to which an individual is entitled unless it is revoked by law or given up voluntarily.

  Right
• The obligation associated with a right. Involves accountability to a certain task and is associated with a right.

  Responsibility
• Is the obligatory task, conduct, service or function that arise from one’s position (as in life or in a group). The nurse must have (or should have had) a relationship with the client that involves providing care and following an acceptable standard of care.

  Duty
• Something that is bound to do: duty, responsibility. It is a course of action that has been imposed by a contract or custom. Legal necessity to give or not to give, to do or not to do.

  Obligation
• A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group.

  Privilege
• The possession of control, authority, or influence over others.

  Power
• The power and/or right to give orders, make decisions and enforce obedience.

  Authority
• Delegated authority or power given to an individual.

  Empowerment
• Is an agreement between 2 or more competent persons, on sufficient consideration (remuneration) to do or not to do some lawful act.

  Written or exchange of services or will give you services. It is a promise or a set of promises which the law recognizes as a duty and when that duty is not performed, the law provides a remedy

  Contract
• The sum total of rules and regulations by which society is governed. It is created by people and exists to regulate all persons.

  Law
• Governed by legal law or concepts. It defines entry requirement for the profession (such as graduation from an approved educational

  program for nursing), duties and composition of the (state) board of nursing, scope of practice, grounds for disciplinary action, license renewal and fees, and other regulatory rules. In the Philippines, it is evident on Republic Act 9173 or the Philippine Nursing Act of 2002.

  Nursing Law
• Involves the enforcement of agreements among private individuals or the payment of compensation for failure to fulfill agreements.

  Contract Law
• A branch of law which deals with the study of nursing laws, lawsuits,

  liabilities, legal principles, rules and regulations, case laws and doctrines affecting the nursing practice. The application of the principles of law as they relate to the nursing practice.

  Nursing Jurisprudence
• – the growth of the whole person in the development of his capabilities to make him fit to assume his position. Application of the competencies gained by the professional based from the standards, laws and ethical principles involved.

  Professional Adjustments
• Misconduct or practice that is below the standard expected of an ordinary, reasonable and prudent person. Such conduct places another person at risk for harm. Refers to the commission or omission of an act, pursuant to duty, that a reasonably prudent person in the same or similar circumstance would or would not do, and acting or the nonacting of which the proximate cause of injury to another person or their property.

  Negligence
• Professional negligence. Is negligence that occurred while the person was performing as a professional. Malpractice applies to primary care providers, dentists, lawyers, and generally includes nurses. Implies

  the idea of improper or unskillful care of a patient by a nurse which denotes stepping beyond one’s authority with serious consequences.

  Malpractice
• – Latin, “The thing speaks for itself. that the injury could not have happened if someone was not negligent that no further proof

  is required. In some cases, the harm cannot be traced to a specific health care provider or standard but does not normally occur unless

  there has been a negligent act. An example is harm that results when surgical instruments or bandages are accidentally left in a client during surgery.

  Res Ipsa Loquitur
• “Let the master answer”/ “Let the master answer for the acts of the subordinate”; the liability is expanded to include the master as well as the employee and not a shift of liability from the subordinate to the

  master.

  Respondeat Superior
• Means an irresistible force, one that is unforeseen or inevitable.

  Force Majeur
• What article is nurse and people.

  Article II
• What article is nurse and practice.

  Article III
• What article is nurse and co-worker.

  Article IV
• What article is nurse and profession.

  Article VI
• Consider individuality and totality of patients.

  Nurses and People
• Respect spiritual beliefs and practices.

  Nurse and People
• Uphold rights of individuals.

  Nurses and People
• Consider culture and values of patients.

  Nurses and People
• Know the definition and scope of nursing practice.

  Nurses and Practice
• Aware of their duties and responsibilities.

  Nurses and Practice
• Acquire and develop necessary characteristics.

  Nurses and Practice
• Ensure confidentiality of patient records.

  Nurses and Practice
• Maintain professional role and identity.

  Nurses and Co-workers
• Conform with group activities.

  Nurses and Co-workers
• Contribute to professional growth and development of other members of HCT.

  Nurses and Co-workers
• Participate in professional organizations.

  Nurses and Co-workers
• Respect rights of co-workers.

  Nurses and Co-workers
• Be members of accredited professional organization.

  Nurses and the Profession
• Adhere to nursing standards.

  Nurse and the Profession
• Participate in the growth and development of the nursing profession.

  Nurses and the Profession
• Assert the implementation of labor and work standards.

  Nurses and the Profession