Professional Values Flashcards
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A nurse discovers a colleague attending work under the influence of alcohol. What action should they take?
Answer: Raise the concern immediately with the line manager to protect patient safety
The NMC Code requires immediate escalation of concerns when patient safety is at risk.
What is the NMC fitness to practise process and what outcomes can it have?
Answer: A formal investigation process that can result in conditions of practice, suspension, or removal from the register
The FtP process investigates concerns about practice, conduct, or health, with sanctions from caution orders to striking off.
What do 'professional boundaries' mean in the nurse-patient relationship?
Answer: The limits protecting the space between the nurse's professional power and the patient's vulnerability
Professional boundaries protect patients from exploitation of the inherent power imbalance in the caring relationship.
A patient wishes to make a formal complaint. What is the correct process?
Answer: Listen to concerns, provide information about the NHS complaints procedure, and support them
Patients have a legal right to complain. Listen, try to resolve locally, and provide clear information about the formal process and PALS.
What are the four principles of biomedical ethics (Beauchamp and Childress)?
Answer: Autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, justice
Autonomy (self-determination), beneficence (doing good), non-maleficence (avoiding harm), justice (fairness).
A nurse notices a colleague's social media post identifying a patient by first name and describing their condition. What should they do?
Answer: Report to line manager and advise the colleague to remove the post immediately
Sharing identifiable patient information on social media breaches the NMC Code, Data Protection Act, and common law confidentiality.