N4223 Health Policy & Legal Aspects Reflective Journal
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Review: Malpractice and Reflective Questions
According to the American Nurses Association, Standard 15 “the nurse is required to evaluate his or her own practice in relation to professional practice, standards, guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, regulations, organizational policies, and procedures.” Examples of competencies related to this standard include self-reflection and self-evaluation to identify areas of professional growth.
In the first part of this assignment, you are asked to reflect on two specific key points for the course. Then, in Part 2, you will read a fictitious scenario and identify pertinent facts that pose risks for malpractice claims. Each year, nurses make themselves vulnerable for potential malpractice claims because they are not well-informed about malpractice elements. It is imperative you understand malpractice rules, regulations and facts to protect your nursing license.
Performance Objectives:
Understand the benefits of reflection in professional practice.
Recognize the importance of BON Rules and Legal protections and its impact on the nursing profession.
Synthesize module topics into professional growth.
Malpractice implications for nursing.
Apply the four elements of a malpractice claim to specific incidents.
Rubric
Use this rubric to guide your Reflective questions and Malpractice table.
Criteria Complete Incomplete
Part 1 – 1st Key Point
What did you take away from this course?
2nd Key Point
Describe a TX BON Rule or legal topic and its implications on nursing.
Includes 3 professionally written sentences demonstrating critical thinking
Response includes 3 professionally written sentences demonstrating critical thinking Response does not include 3 professionally written sentences demonstrating critical thinking
Response does not include 3 professionally written sentences demonstrating critical thinking
Part 2 Malpractice: List four elements of a malpractice claim.
Pertinent Facts: States pertinent facts for each element of a malpractice claim. Correctly lists all four elements of a malpractice claim.
Correctly lists all four elements of a malpractice claim. Incorrectly lists all four elements of a malpractice claim.
incorrectly lists all four elements of a malpractice claim.
APA/Professional Writing Assignment is written clearly without any APA / grammatical or spelling errors. Assignment is not written clearly and/or has APA / grammatical or spelling errors.
Key points:
1). What did you take away from the malpractice course?
2). Describe a TX BON Rule or legal topic. Choose one from the table below. Explain the implication it has on the nursing profession.
Topics from which to chose
217.11 Standards of Practice * Nurse fatigue
217.12 Unprofessional Conduct * Texas Peer Assistance (TPAPN)
217.16 Minor Incident * Legal Duty to a patient
217.19 Incident Based Peer Review and Whistleblower Protections
217.20 Safe Harbor * Malpractice
217.13 Peer Assistance Program
Policy and advocacy
Investigation and discipline
Boundaries and social media
Staffing
Part 1: Reflecting on Course Material
Reflective Questions- type directly into this text box. Three professionally written sentences required for full credit for each Key Point.
Key Point 1:
What did you take away from this course?
Key Point 2:
Explain the topic chosen from the table and its implication for the nursing profession. Topic Chosen:
Implications:
Part 2: Potential Malpractice Claim
Read this scenario. Decide if the situation presents potential elements of malpractice.
Nurse A was assigned to Mr. Jones, a post-surgical patient on the Medical-Surgical floor, who had been doing well on the day shift. Nurse A was working a 7:00 P.M. to 7:00 A.M. shift. The attending doctor, Dr. Granger, had screamed at Nurse A last month when Nurse A called him at 3:00 A.M. to report a change in status of another of his patients. During this shift, Nurse A became uneasy about the status of Mr. Jones, which reflected a substantial change in blood pressure and pulse, but Nurse A did not call Dr. Granger, choosing instead to “watch” the situation. At approximately 5:00 A.M., Mr. Jones had to be rushed to emergency surgery with internal bleeding. Now, 1½ years later, Mr. Jones has not recovered from the second surgery.
All 4 elements and 4 corresponding facts must be stated.
4 Elements of Malpractice Claim State the Pertinent Facts r/t Each One
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