Vital Notes for Nurses: Accountability
Helen Caulfield, "Vital Notes for Nurses: Accountability"
English | ISBN: 140512279X | 2005 | 192 pages | PDF | 932 KB
English | ISBN: 140512279X | 2005 | 192 pages | PDF | 932 KB
Vital Notes on Accountability is a concise, accessible guide which provides students and newly qualified staff with an understanding of key issues in professional practice. Nurses are accountable for their own practice and require a thorough understanding of their core responsibilities which underpin everyday practice in the health service today.
This introductory text in the ‘Vital Notes for Nurses’ series sets out a framework for accountability which consists of four ‘pillars’ - legal, ethical, employment and professional accountability - against which clinical issues can be considered.
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