Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to Martin Semple.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has approved a new Code of Professional Conduct (NMC 2002a). This article discusses the main elements of the new code, examines the implications for the profession and encourages you to think about the implications for your own nursing practice. It identifies actions that you should take to comply with the code.
This article explores the possibility that clinical fraud is being perpetrated on a daily basis at the interface between patient, nurse and others. This type of fraud might take place when nurses carry out, or fail to carry out, a clinical activity, in the way that they report the care delivered, or in the way that they conduct their relationships with colleagues. If any deception occurs before, during or following such activities then the nurse is guilty of fraud. If such fraudulent practice exists it could have negative consequences for patients and healthcare professionals. The authors examine the possible reasons for fraudulent practice.
It is essential that nurses are familiar with the principles and requirements of informed consent. This article examines the rationale and principles behind it and encourages nurses to reflect on how it affects their everyday practice.