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Unit 4
Ethical and Legal Issues
Affecting the Nursing Assistant
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Objectives
• Spell and define terms.• Discuss ethical and legal situations in
health care.• Describe the legal and ethical
responsibilities of the nursing assistant concerning patient information.
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Objectives
• Describe tactful ways to refuse a tip offered by a patient.
• Describe the legal responsibilities of a nursing assistant.
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Objectives
• Describe how to protect the patient’s right to privacy.
• Define sexual harassment and give examples of activities that may be perceived as being sexually harassing.
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Ethical Standards
• Ethical standards– Guides to moral behavior
• People who provide health care– Voluntarily agree to live up to these
standards
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Ethical Standards
• When these rules are not followed:– Nursing assistant fails to live up to the
promise to give safe, correct care and to do no harm
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Legal Standards
• Legal standards are guides to lawful behavior
• When laws are not obeyed:– Nursing assistant may be prosecuted and
found liable for injury or damage
• Legal guilt can result in the payment of fines or imprisonment
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Ethics Questions
• At no other time in history have questions of medical ethics been under such scrutiny
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Ethics Questions
• Questions health care providers ask:– When is life gone from a person on life
support systems?– How much lifesaving effort should be given
in situations of terminal illness?
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Ethics Questions
• When does human life actually begin?• How much assistance should be given
to the conception process?• Should the body organs of a brain-dead
person be harvested for transplants for the living?
• Does an unborn baby have rights?
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Ethics Questions
• Is assisting a patient before or after an abortion right or wrong?
• Is euthanasia ever justified?• Should animals be used in research of
potential value to human life?
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Ethics Questions
• Should food and water be withheld to speed death when a patient has expressed the desire to have this action performed?
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Ethics Questions
• Who makes decisions about removing life support systems when there is no direct expression of the patient’s wishes or there is conflict within the family?
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Ethics Questions
• How will a choice be made when two or more people could benefit from an organ transplant but only one organ is available?
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Ethics Questions
• How should the limited money available be spent when many serious disease conditions need to be researched?
• Who has the final authority over whether a woman will carry a pregnancy to term?
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Ethics Questions
• Should marijuana be used for medicinal purposes?
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Respect for Life
• One of the most basic rules of ethics is that life is precious.
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Respect for the Individual
• Respect for each patient as a unique individual is another ethical principle
• Uniqueness is shown by differences in:– Age– Race– Religion– Gender
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Respect for the Individual
• Uniqueness is shown by differences in:– Sexual preference– Culture– Attitudes– Background– Response to illness
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The Golden Rule
• Do unto others as you would have them do unto you– Implies your intent to provide proper care
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The Golden Rule
• Your good intentions are effective only when you act on them
• To provide proper care:– You also have the ethical responsibility to
maintain competence in your practice
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Platinum Rule
• Treat others the way they want to be treated
• Platinum Rule– Shifts focus from treating everyone alike to
providing highly individualized care
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Platinum Rule
• Find out what patients want– Give it to them, as much as possible, and
in keeping with their plans of care
• Use both principles to guide your practice
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Patient Information
• Discuss patient information only in appropriate places
• Discuss patient information only with the proper people
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Patient Information
• Refer patient requests for information about laboratory results, the patient’s condition, or course of the illness to the nurse or physician.
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Patient Information
• Let the nurse or physician relay information about a patient’s death.
• Follow the ethical code to ensure respect of a patient’s personal religious beliefs.
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Legal Issues
• Laws are passed by governments and are to be obeyed by citizens.
• Anyone who fails to obey a law may be liable for fines or imprisonment.
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Legal Issues
• You need not fear breaking laws if you are careful to:– Stay within your scope of practice– Not overstep your authority– Do only those things you have been taught
• Within the scope of your training
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Legal Issues
• You need not fear breaking laws if you are careful to:– Carry out procedures carefully and as you
were taught– Keep your skills and knowledge up to date
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Legal Issues
• You need not fear breaking laws if you are careful to:– Request guidance from the proper person
before you take action in a questionable situation
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Legal Issues
• You need not fear breaking laws if you are careful to:– Always keep the safety and well-being of
the patient a priority – Make sure you thoroughly understand the
instructions for the care you are to give
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Legal Issues
• You need not fear breaking laws if you are careful to:– Perform your job according to facility policy– Stay within OBRA guidelines
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Legal Issues
• You need not fear breaking laws if you are careful to:– Maintain in-service requirements of OBRA– Do no harm to the patient– Respect the patient’s belongings
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Negligence
• Nursing assistants – Are educated care providers and are
expected to perform in certain ways
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Negligence
• You would be guilty of negligence if you injured a patient by:– Not performing your work as taught– Not carrying out your job in a conscientious
manner
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Negligence
• Negligence may be accidental or deliberate
• It may be the result of an action or omission – Failure to act
• In either situation, the patient is not given the expected level of care
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False Imprisonment
• Restraining a person’s movement or actions without proper authorization constitutes unlawful or false imprisonment.
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Assault and Battery
• Assault– Intentionally attempting to touch the body
of a person or even threatening to do so
• Battery– Touching a person without that person’s
permission
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Abuse
• Abuse– Any act or failure to act that is non-
accidental and causes or could cause harm or death to a patient
• Verbal abuse– May be directed toward a patient or
expressed about a patient
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Abuse
• Sexual abuse – Use of physical means or verbal threats to
force a patient to perform sexual acts.
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Abuse
• Physical abuse – Does actual physical harm to a patient
• Psychological abuse– Involves making a patient fearful of you
• Such as threatening not to respond when he or she calls
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Abuse
• Involuntary seclusion – Involves separating a patient from other
patients against the patient’s will
• Misappropriation of property – Involves taking or using the patient’s
belongings without permission
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Abuse by Others
• If you suspect a person in your care is being abused by others– Discuss this matter with your supervisor
• You are not responsible for determining whether abuse has occurred
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When Your Patience Is Stressed
• If you feel like your own tolerance level is being tested– You need to find ways to safeguard the
patient and release your stress
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Neglect
• Failure to provide the services or care necessary to avoid physical harm, mental anguish, or mental illness.
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Invasion of Privacy
• Patients have a right to have their person and personal affairs kept confidential.
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Sexual Harassment
• Physical, verbal, or nonverbal actions or advances that are unwelcome by the other person.
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Sexual Harassment
• This may be in the form of sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.
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Sexual Harassment
• Sexual harassment is illegal
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Sexual Harassment
• Your facility will have policies and procedures listing actions to take and penalties if harassment occurs.
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Sexual Harassment
• Upon being informed that an incident of sexual harassment has occurred:– Hospital is responsible for investigating the
situation
• During investigation:– Facility must protect the victim from further
harassment