Assignment: Standard of Care In Nursing Perspective.

Assignment: Standard of Care In Nursing Perspective.

NUR3826 Ethical and Legal Aspects of Nursing

Week 1 discussion

DQ1 Right Wrong Picture

Differentiate between the terms “Ethics”, “Morals”, and “Values”.

Discuss why ethical theories are important to nursing practice.

Discuss a situation from your clinical practice or training where one or more ethical principles was supportive of care or was in conflict of care.

DQ2 Explain the term “standard of care” from a legal and a nursing perspective.

Include support for your explanation by using references from your ANA Essentials of Nursing Package (Scope and Standards of Practice, Guide to Nursing’s Social Policy Statement, and the Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses).

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Legal, ethical and professional aspects of duty of care for nurses
Iwan Dowie Senior lecturer, Healthcare law, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, Wales

Duty of care is a fundamental aspect of nursing, and many nurses consider this to be an important part of their professional duties as a nurse. However, the legal underpinnings of duty of care are often overlooked, and, as such, nurses may be unsure about when to act if they encounter emergency situations or serious incidents, especially when they are off duty. This article examines the legal, ethical and professional aspects of duty of care, what these mean for nurses in practice, and how duty of care is intrinsically linked with standards of care and negligence.

Nursing Standard. 32, 16-19, 47-52. doi: 10.7748/ns.2017.e10959

@IwanDowie
Correspondence

iwan.dowie@southwales.ac.uk
Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software
Conflict of interest

None declared

Received: 15 July 2017

Accepted: 21 September 2017

Keywords :

accountability – duty of care – ethical issues – legal issues – negligence – professional issues – standards of care