The legal aspects of nursing have an impact on the manner in which care is delivered to patients by nurses. Legal concerns shape the environment in which nursing is practiced and determine how documents are kept or shared. Ultimately, nurses and the nursing care they provide are judged based on a legal definition for the standard of care for nurses.
Written “standards of care” and “guidelines” are available as resources for determining how nursing care is to be delivered and the quality of care. However, the legal definition of the standard of care for nurses is not a “guideline” or a “policy” set by any one individual or institution. Rather, it is the embodiment of collective knowledge for what is required of the average nurse and sets the minimum criteria for proficiency.
These principles should always be upheld by every Filipino nurse by heart, to provide quality, safe and efficient nursing care to individuals, family, and health care.
In light of this, Rep. Leah Paquiz of Ang Nars Partylist led a seminar at Ospital ng Makati last January 27, 2017, imparting substantial and latest updates on Nursing Law and Legalities.
The employees were given were given free in service training. In addition, Rep. Paquiz emphasized in one of her Facebook posts that the staff of the said hospital have a good working relationship with each other and are given appropriate salaries and benefits.
Included in her message were important matters in Nursing Legal Practice such as Employment rights, resolution 31 and 38 and administrative order no. 2012-0012.
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