Week 8
Professional, Legal & Ethical Issues
Professional…
professional roles
generic roles that apply:
carer
problem-solving
patient & family advocate
educator/practice developer
critical care nursing:
complex patients
critical illness
sophisticated technology
psychosocial challenges
ethical conflicts
critical care
spectrum:
critical illness and its management are not confined to specialist units
requirement for all nurses to have some knowledge & skills
continuum of critical illness includes:
pre-crisis/proactive care
management of the critical illness
follow-up care
palliative care in the ICU environment
specialist roles:
adults/paeds/advanced practice/nurse practitioner roles/ICU liason/critical
care outreach
consultant/CNS/research/quality coordinator/academic researcher
nursing core values:
, clinical decision making:
integral to critical care nursing practice, part of the clinical reasoning
process
working in a dynamic and complex environment
complex patient needs
cognitive processes, strategies looking at significance of patient data
identify and diagnose actual or potential problems
clinical decisions enhance patient outcomes
Legal…
nursing legality
definition:
Professional, Legal & Ethical Issues
Professional…
professional roles
generic roles that apply:
carer
problem-solving
patient & family advocate
educator/practice developer
critical care nursing:
complex patients
critical illness
sophisticated technology
psychosocial challenges
ethical conflicts
critical care
spectrum:
critical illness and its management are not confined to specialist units
requirement for all nurses to have some knowledge & skills
continuum of critical illness includes:
pre-crisis/proactive care
management of the critical illness
follow-up care
palliative care in the ICU environment
specialist roles:
adults/paeds/advanced practice/nurse practitioner roles/ICU liason/critical
care outreach
consultant/CNS/research/quality coordinator/academic researcher
nursing core values:
, clinical decision making:
integral to critical care nursing practice, part of the clinical reasoning
process
working in a dynamic and complex environment
complex patient needs
cognitive processes, strategies looking at significance of patient data
identify and diagnose actual or potential problems
clinical decisions enhance patient outcomes
Legal…
nursing legality
definition:
