Professional Responsibility in Nursing

This presentation discusses the professional responsibility of nurses in the nursing profession, focusing on their roles and responsibilities in the intensive care unit for COVID-19 patients. It explores the ethical and moral obligations of nurses and the importance of standards based on professional practice.

REGISTERED NURSE
PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY

INTRODUCTION
• Professional responsibility as applied to nurses refers to the ethical and moral obligations permeating the nursing
profession.
• There are various roles which nurses needs to be performed by nurses while taking care of patients, it includes
recording medical history, collaborating with team and monitoring patient’s health conditions.
• Present case study is based on nurse’s role which they perform in intensive care unit while treating patients suffering
from COVID-19.
• Professional responsibility is selected as the topic as it provides competent level of care in each phase of nursing
process.
• Standards based on professional practice are important as it assists in promoting clinical practice.

CRITICAL EVALUATION
• In the opinion of Kelly et.al., (2017) nurses has a
choice to respond, and they have a right to not
respond if they feel unsafe in a situation or even
they can back out if there is unavailability of
personal protection equipment’s or there is a lack of
support for in meeting out nurses personal and
family needs.

KEY FINDINGS
• When a graduate nurse enters the workforce during the time of pandemic, it is
really necessary that they have knowledge of their professional responsibility
and also they need to perform it when nurses are addressing patients.
• It has been analysed that they need to focus on team work and to make use of
innovative techniques and measures which can assist them in analysing
patient’s condition remotely.

STRATEGIES
• Effective communication is one of the most important technique
which can be used by nurses while treating patients during time
of pandemic.
• In this nurses can be engaged in interacting with physicians and
other team members so that proper and adequate care can be
provided to patient as they are the only connection between their
families and patient

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