Hca440 Relationship Between The Law And Ethics Research Paper

Relationship between Healthcare Practitioners and the Law/Ethics
Deepinder Grewal
September 09, 2015
CollegeAmerica Fort Collins HCA440
Schantell S. Comegys, ESQ.

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In the nursing field in recent years has had an increasing concern with legal and ethical dilemmas in clinical decision-making. In nursing there law has major impacts through a wide range of issues. Being healthcare professionals it is highly important for that professional to know the ways the laws regulate their scope. There are issues from clinical negligence to resource allocation. The people that work in healthcare are accountable
It is when a nurse gets a report from a patient that a co-worker has been stealing from the patient. Nurses have a crystal clear duty to assure that the patients are properly cared for under the Code of Professional Conduct (NMC, 2004). If nurses are ever in doubt of their co-workers they must do whatever it takes to make sure that the patient is being protected and must minimize the risk to patients. If a nurse does think that a co-worker is stealing they must advise the patient to put it into writing and that they will make sure it gets to their senior manager. Even if that patient was not ready to put in a written compliant the nurse should make that the patient knew that the complaint will still be looked into. The role of the manager would be to get a statement of grounds for action, meeting, and an appeal. The police could also possibly to an investigation of their own. Another thing that could possibly happen is that the patient could be having mental delusions and paranoid thoughts, which could lead to accusations, but that does not mean that it should not be reported and looked into. No healthcare provider can receive any sort of gifts or favors from the patients. It is difficult for both parties that are involved in a situation like
The principles of confidentiality are important to nurses and all other health professionals. The common law identifies confidentiality and it supports it because it is very important. There are new rules and protocols that are being formed and regulated such as the midwifery council show rules in their codes of professional conduct. There is a debate about how confidentiality may bend and innovate ways to attain, store, utilize, and communicate data. Confidentiality is written by the Human Rights Act 1998. A doctor and patient relationship should be held to the highest degree by legal precedent. Public safety is highly important because when it is considered judicially, it can override confidentiality, as well as professional duty to care and to avoid causing harm. It is crucial to keep intact certain principles in the medical