The Role of a Nurse
The role of a nurse
An bord altranais (2000) believes that,
The code of professional conduct aims to equipped the nursing profession the highest standard of care possible to service users and to be their advocate .Nurses are more accountable for their actions and decision making due to modern medicine and society. It is important for the nurses to promote the image of people with intellectual disabilities that they are not second class citizens and they deserve to have equal rights to treatment and care.
The purpose of this code is to provide a framework to assist the nurse to make professional decisions to carry out his/her responsibilities and to promote high standards of professional conduct. Nurses rule ABA (2000) Nurses in Ireland work under the scope of practice. To be competent in their field, to promote awareness of health promotion. Educators and obey and implement each framework and policy in aid of promotional care. Each decision is made by management then discussed within the multidisciplinary team.
Autonomy
Nurses are increasingly being given more authority and responsibility, so it’s necessary for nurses to question these powers especially when it relates to the care of the intellectual disabilities. Dokkum(2005,p.65) states that “the nurse is often called upon the patient advocate, caught in the middle of a power struggle between the doctor and the patient, and therefore the nurse must be aware of the dynamics of this power relationship, and the manner in which the law attempts to deal with it”
When it comes to euthanasia the multidisciplinary team are in a difficult position. Effective communication and thorough procedures is necessary to deal with a complex decision.
Under the Irish constitution, article 40.3 1l. The state guarantees in its law to respect, and as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate the personal rights of the citizen. Even if that citizen has an intellectually incapacity, the they have the right to speak
An bord altranais (2000) believes that,
The code of professional conduct aims to equipped the nursing profession the highest standard of care possible to service users and to be their advocate .Nurses are more accountable for their actions and decision making due to modern medicine and society. It is important for the nurses to promote the image of people with intellectual disabilities that they are not second class citizens and they deserve to have equal rights to treatment and care.
The purpose of this code is to provide a framework to assist the nurse to make professional decisions to carry out his/her responsibilities and to promote high standards of professional conduct. Nurses rule ABA (2000) Nurses in Ireland work under the scope of practice. To be competent in their field, to promote awareness of health promotion. Educators and obey and implement each framework and policy in aid of promotional care. Each decision is made by management then discussed within the multidisciplinary team.
Autonomy
Nurses are increasingly being given more authority and responsibility, so it’s necessary for nurses to question these powers especially when it relates to the care of the intellectual disabilities. Dokkum(2005,p.65) states that “the nurse is often called upon the patient advocate, caught in the middle of a power struggle between the doctor and the patient, and therefore the nurse must be aware of the dynamics of this power relationship, and the manner in which the law attempts to deal with it”
When it comes to euthanasia the multidisciplinary team are in a difficult position. Effective communication and thorough procedures is necessary to deal with a complex decision.
Under the Irish constitution, article 40.3 1l. The state guarantees in its law to respect, and as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate the personal rights of the citizen. Even if that citizen has an intellectually incapacity, the they have the right to speak