Confronting unsafe practice: ethical and legal issues.
Confronting unsafe practices in the workplace requires careful ethical and legal analysis and a supportive practice environment. Nurses should collaborate with their colleagues to create mechanisms to review and monitor clinical practices, investigate questionable occurrences, and collaborate with licensing boards to respond to infractions.
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D002648:Child; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D030881:Disclosure; D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D033161:Government Regulation; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D008508:Medication Errors; D028681:Moral Obligations; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D028743:Professional Misconduct; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014481:United States; D035642:Whistleblowing