1. Name Badge- NPA Section 301.351 I am in agreement with the sections cited that a nurse is supposed to wear a name badge. The nurse’s name, qualifications, practice position, and the employer are all things supposed to be on the badge. The abbreviations supposed to be included in the badge are R.N for the registered nurse and LVN OR VN for the vocational nurses.
2. Refusal of Mandatory Overtime-NPA Section 301.356 nurses may refuse to work overtime and still have no form of disciplinary action taken upon them. Health facilities or administrators need not compel nurses to work overtime if they do not wish so. Chapter 258 of the Health and safety code states so.
3. Unprofessional Conduct- NPA Section 301.452 (b) (10) (12). States that, nurses are subject to disciplinary action in case of professional malpractice. I am in total agreement that if one is found guilty of deceptive, defrauding or actions that may injure the patient either psychologically or physically.The individual should be interdicted, or the license revoked. The board of nursing may also apply other disciplinary actions are required by the law.
4. Re examination- NPA Section 301. 255. In the agreement with the posting, the section stated gives one a chance of re- examination in case one does not perform as required by the nursing board. Failure of the examination may also bring forth the requirement production of other materials.
Discussion 2:
The safe harbor process to be followed as explained in the posting follows the right procedure. The paper work should be placed at the S- drive, and the charge nurse should first be informed of the complaints before initiating proceedings. This is to give an opportunity to the nurse to correct the mistakes. The peer review committee should consist of a DON, the charge nurse, a full tine registered nurse, and a full time vocational nurse. The peer review puts nurses to check making sure that they perform their duties well without endangering lives of their clients.
References
Tingle, J., & Cribb, A. (2007). Nursing law and ethics. Oxford: Blackwell Pub.
Westrick, S. J., & Dempski, K. (2009). Essentials of nursing law and ethics. Sudbury, Mass: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
