Professional Documents
Culture Documents
First Hospitals:
I – Iloilo
P - PGH
L – St Lukes
M – Mary Johnson
S –St Paul
Nsg is a profession.
Independent
Function:
1. Promotive, Preventive, Curative, Rehabilitative in all health care settings.
2. Preventive – immunization. Provide health education
3.Utilization of nsg process
4. Link of pts & families to diff community resources - community health nurses –
libreng bakuna
5. Collaboration of pts care to other health care team - for continuity of care.
6. Resp for training/ supervision of nsg students
7. Accurate reporting/ recording.
8. Observation of S&Sx – provide proper intervention
Dependent fx
9. Execution of valid Dr’s order
General rule: RN can’t give meds without Drs order otherwise RN will be liable for
malpractice.
Exception, under code of ethics, RN can give drugs during emergency, calamity, national
epidemics, no MD around.
Good Samaritan Act – universal law that protects any person who will give an aid to
another person whose life is in danger.
Mom calls re: 2 yo girl ingested baby aspirin at home. What’s best action for RN to
advice mom on phone.
1. Advice mom to bring kid to hosp
2. Advice to call doc
3. Advice to take emetic meds
4. Advice to call h nrse
Health teaching – child proofing the home! Aspirin should not be reached by kid.
LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES
1. CONTRACTS/ CONSENTS – absence of coercion
char:
V – voluntary – Free act. Independent act. Rational
O – opportunity to ask questions, suggestions & make recommendations
T – treatment, surgery, procedure – specifically explained to the patient by MD
U – understood by patient
M – matured physically – age 18 yo & above
2. ILLEGAL DETENTION – limit freedom of patient to move or travel from one place
to another.
Hosp – promissory note or guarantee
HIV – don’t detain patient
High risk HIV transmission – felatio
Quarantine regulation – SARS, Meningococcemia, anthrax
- public safety is priority.
3. LAST WILL & TESTAMENT - a person in permitted by the law to control/ dispose of
his estate.
Effect is only upon his death.
Decedent – person who died and left no will. The law will handle estate.
Testator / Testatoux – died and left a will
Testate succession – heirs will inherit under a last will and testament.
Illegitimate – entitled to ½ of what legit children will inherit
Kabit – will get nothing
Intestate Succession – without last will
b) Holographic will
- handwritten by testator
- dated and signed by testator
- no need for witness
4. MEDICATONS/ PRESCRIPTIONS
Rules
1. MD, DVM, DMD – can prescribe meds
2. Should have :
a.) Name MD, PTR, PRC#, location of clinic/ hospital
b.) Name of patient, age, sex
c.) Information about drug – frequency duration
d.) Generic & brand name in prescription
Impossible Prescription – generic & brand name does not correspond with each other.
Purposes:
C – communication
A –assurance of quality
R – research purposes
L – legal document
S – statistics source
Do’s Don’ts
F – full, factual & accurate L – language – unacceptable
L – legible I – improper corrections
I – immediately after procedure S- spaces, skips
P – personal notes, not delegated A – avoid using too much abbreviations
Negligence – failure to do something which a reasonable & prudent person should have
done.
2 types:
1. Commission
2. Omission – total neglect of care – didn’t do anything
Fortuitous event – created by man – traffic not liable due beyond his control.
Infanticide – crime committed of person killed is age < 72h or <3days old
Parricide – killing of a person with relationship, ex. Bro in-law, sis, - relative
Homicide – killed a person to whom you have no relationship- product of negligence.
Murder – killing of a person with intension.
Simulation of birth – any person who shall substitute 1 child or identity of a child for the
purpose of losing his civil status.
RA 9173 (Oct21,02)
BON qualifications
M – masters in NSG
A- accredited nsg org (PNA)
S – seven (1 chairman, 6 members)
I – immediately resign upon appointment
N – not convicted of any crime