Duty of care--(3).
It will be recalled, from Part 1 of this series of articles, that a nurse is under a mandatory, absolute duty to speak out where a patient's care is, or may be, compromised. Section 10 of the UKCC Code is explicit: Each registered nurse...shall...make known to appropriate persons or authorities any circumstances which could place patients/clients in jeopardy or which militate against safe standards of practice. UKCC Code pp2 and 3.
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D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007884:Legislation, Nursing; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom