title: Nursing culpability: a proposal for change in nursing regulation.
abstract: Nurses make mistakes. They work in a complex environment which can sometimes be a contributory factor to a mistake being made. At present, Nurses' Boards in Australia have no mandate to investigate the circumstances in which a mistake is made. Their jurisdiction is limited to investigation of the individual nurse. This article sets out the argument for change in nursing legislation to allow for a broadening of the role of Nurses' Boards. It argues that an extension of their jurisdiction explicitly to allow them to investigate inadequacies in the health system would be a constructive development.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Nursing, ACT, Australia.
authors.forename: Rosemary
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bryant
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000451:nursing*; D009726:Nurses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*