30 Miss. Code. R. 2830-1.2 - Accountability for Quality of Nursing Care
The RN shall be held accountable for the quality of nursing care given to patients. This includes:
A. Providing for nursing leadership in the
planning for and provision of nursing care to patients for whom responsibility
has been accepted.
B. Giving
individualized nursing care and respecting the rights of the patient according
to the needs or assigning these functions to others in accordance with the
educational preparedness, experience, credentials, competence, physical and
emotional ability to complete the task of the staff. Respecting the rights of
the patient includes but is not limited to:
1) Conducting practice without discrimination
on the basis of age, race, religion, sex, sexual preference, national origin,
disability or disease;
2)
Respecting the dignity and rights of patients regardless of social or economic
status, personal attributes or nature of health problems;
3) Respecting the patient's right to privacy
by protecting confidential information unless obligated by law to disclose the
information;
4) Respecting the
rights of patients by protecting the patient from abuse, inflicted by self or
others, neglect, or exploitation; and
5) Respecting the property of patients,
family, significant others, and the employer.
C. Directing, supervising and evaluating
nursing practice; applying nursing knowledge, administrative techniques and
teaching principles toward the ultimate goal, excellence in patient care and
promotion of good health practices.
D. Providing professional development of
nurses by:
1) Identifying the ability and
potential of each nurse and
2)
Developing each nurse through proper supervision, management, and training.
E. Obtaining instruction
and supervision as necessary when implementing nursing techniques or
practices.
F. Conducting a
comprehensive nursing assessment by assessing the patient's needs, initially
and ongoing; formulating a nursing diagnosis; planning for, implementing, and
evaluating the nursing care in the promotion and the maintenance of health of
each patient for whom responsibility has been accepted.
G. Organizing, administering, and supervising
the implementation and evaluation of a written nursing care plan for each
patient for whom responsibility has been accepted.
Notes
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