PMID- 34337697
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210803
LR  - 20210803
IS  - 0047-262X (Print)
VI  - 68
IP  - 4
DP  - 2021 Aug
TI  - [Creating Nursing Workplaces That Appropriately Manage Legal Risk].
PG  - 4-5
LID - JN.202108_68(4).01 [pii]
LID - 10.6224/JN.202108_68(4).01 [doi]
AB  - Nursing professionals constitute the largest occupational group in all healthcare 
      system departments, and are the healthcare professionals who work most closely 
      and frequently with patients. The complexity and variability of the human body 
      make nursing a high-risk occupation. The practice behaviors of nursing 
      professionals must be safe, competent, and ethical, and must comply with relevant 
      laws and regulations. Based on statistics published by the Colorado Nurses 
      Association and the Nurses Service Organization (2020), professional conduct 
      (32.5%), scope of practice (2.8%), and documentation error or omission (9.7%) are 
      the three most-common categories of litigation faced by nurse practitioners. 
      Smart medicine, which has emerged in the past decade, poses potential risks to 
      patient privacy, safety, and professional nursing-care standards and holds the 
      potential to significantly transform or even revolutionize the legal industry 
      (Neary & Chen, 2017). Therefore, legal risk management is of particular 
      importance to the nursing profession. Creating a legal-risk-management program in 
      a workplace may start by focusing on one or more workplace aspects (e.g., 
      individuals, teams, organizations, systems). However, the most crucial element is 
      the frontline implementer. Therefore, the beliefs and attitudes of nursing staff 
      and hospital care attendants toward the legal risks that may arise from the 
      process of patient care are critically related to whether these professionals 
      adhere strictly to the code of practice (Fontaine et al., 2019). This column 
      proposes a safety initiative (SAFE) for the nursing-care workplace through 
      special articles such as "Legal Risk Management in Nursing Practice: The 
      Importance of Duty of Care," "Legal Liability for Negligence: Nurse Aides Working 
      in Hospitals," and "The Legal Risks Faced in Nursing and Smart Healthcare." This 
      initiative entails familiarizing nursing staff and care attendants with the legal 
      risks associated with the patient-care profession (Support); setting high 
      standards for patient care in the workplace that address these risks (Arousing); 
      giving positive feedback to strengthen personal motivation, technical operation, 
      and interpersonal interactions (Feedback); and creating a healthy workplace for 
      practitioners while carrying out complex patient care (Environment). 
      Shakespeare's famous drama The Tempest includes the timeless saying: "what's past 
      is prologue." Analyzing litigation cases provides critical evidence to guide the 
      evolution and improvement of nursing workplaces. Learning from past experience 
      enables nurses and hospital care attendants to help others in a safe and 
      dignified manner that will benefit all people.
FAU - Hwu, Yueh-Juen
AU  - Hwu YJ
AD  - PhD, RN, Professor, Department of Nursing, Central Taiwan University of Science 
      and Technology, Taiwan, ROC. yjhwu@ctust.edu.tw.
LA  - chi
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - China (Republic : 1949- )
TA  - Hu Li Za Zhi
JT  - Hu li za zhi The journal of nursing
JID - 0073267
SB  - IM
MH  - Delivery of Health Care
MH  - Health Personnel
MH  - Hospitals
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Nurse Practitioners
MH  - *Workplace
EDAT- 2021/08/03 06:00
MHDA- 2021/08/04 06:00
CRDT- 2021/08/02 06:22
PHST- 2021/08/02 06:22 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/08/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/08/04 06:00 [medline]
AID - JN.202108_68(4).01 [pii]
AID - 10.6224/JN.202108_68(4).01 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Hu Li Za Zhi. 2021 Aug;68(4):4-5. doi: 10.6224/JN.202108_68(4).01.