NURS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: False Imprisonment
206 October 10th
Tort can be intentional and unintentional
• Intentional ex. Battery, defamation, false imprisonment
• Unintentional: negligence (this is what most lawsuits against healthcare
professionals)
• 4 pieces have to be there to be under tort law
o Owed a duty of care – the person was caring for you
o Breached a standard of care
o Suffered injury or loss (can be physical injury or emotional or
psychological injury too)
o Conduct caused the injury/loss
Inexperience is not an excuse! If you don’t know what to do tell someone that you
don’t know. We follow the same standards and are expected to only do what we are
competent to do.
Working with MDs:
• You implement medical orders
• Decide if you are comfortable with that order
• If you are not you are expected to question it! You should not implement
until you feel confident. If you give it without questioning and it is wrong
then it is your fault! You are always responsible to any medication you give
so always be confident with what you give.
• In rare cases get another MD if necessary.
• For telephone orders you get them to spell it and then you read it back to
them to make sure it is right
Delegated functions and care directives
• Different in each province how nurses can perform delegated functions or
care directives
Delegated functions should:
• Be consistent and in the best interest of clients
• Be appropriate for the practice environment
• Promote the optimal application of the competencies of all members of the
healthcare team.
• So the doctor will write out all the conditions where they are confident with
you giving the order ex. Immunizations. And for you to give that
immunization all the patients need to fit those criteria.
• With a delegated order you are being asked to do something outside your
scope of practice.
Considerations of the following:
• Client factors
• Context of practice
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