chapter 12 legal accountabilities in the health care environment
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Chapter 12
Legal Accountabilities in the
Health Care Environment
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Patient Safety Issues
• Mandatory overtime• Reduction of nursing leadership • Long hours• The right to refuse an assignment
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Discrimination• Federal statutes covering discrimination based on– Employment – Race– Color– Religion– Gender
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Discrimination• Federal statutes covering discrimination based on – Sexual harassment– Pregnancy– Age discrimination– Disability
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Specific Discriminations• Sexual harassment• Age• Gender• Abilities (ADA)
– Dependency
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Legal Instruments
• Power of Attorney (POA) • Durable Power of Attorney • Advance Directive
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HIPAA• Enacted by Congress
– Reduces administrative costs by standardizing electronic health care transactions
– Encourages electronic transmission for these transactions
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Negligence• Conduct that falls below the standard established by law
• Conduct that places others at risk of harm
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Malpractice Case?
• To establish a malpractice case, a patient must prove four elements:– Nurse owed individual duty of care – Care was breached – Breach resulted in injury – Injury caused actual damage
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Informed Consent
• Encompasses an individual’s granting consent– Expressed or implied– Right to refuse treatment
• Competent versus incompetent
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The Nurse Practice Act• Purpose
– Protects public from unsafe practitioners
– Ensures quality nursing practice rendered by qualified practitioners
• Defined by each state
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Good Samaritan Statutes • Act must be volunteer in nature
– Person receiving help must not object – Rescuer must be acting in good faith– Services must be free – Within the limits of a license