Emerging Legal Issues in Nursing: Professional Boundaries and Professional Sexual Misconduct

The Center for American Nurses Presents Emerging Legal Issues in the Nursing Workforce Series  Emerging Legal Issues with Professional Boundaries & Sexual Misconduct  Wednesday, July 15, 2009      7:00 - 8:15 PM Eastern Time Presented by LaTonia Denise Wright, RN, BSN, JD   Register What are professional boundaries? Nurses role in establishing and maintaining boundaries Types of professional boundaries cases; common scenarios; statistics Boundary Crossings and Boundary violations Overview of professional boundaries and professional sexual misconduct literature What is professional sexual misconduct? National Council of State Boards of Nursing and professional misconduct research and articles State Boards of Nursing and professional boundary/PSM investigations and adjudications Future implications for the nursing workforce with professional boundaries CNE Credits per Webinar:  1.25.  Cost:  Member price:  $49.95; Non-member $69.95.  Cost is per site.  Any number of nurses can attend per site.  Webinar time inconvenient? All registrants have access to the recorded webinar upon request.  For more information, call 1-800-685-4076. or email laurel.blaydes@centerforamericannurses.org

Comments

[RehabRN]

Great topic!

I'd love to watch it, but will not be able due to scheduling.

Just one question, what is the rule re: nurses giving out e-mail addresses to patients? We have regular patients (we see them in our clinics and they come for inpatient stuff an average of 2 or more times per year, etc.) who send out e-mails and include multiple nurses on our unit in these e-mails (mostly chain letter stuff).

My impression from what I've read is that this is a no-no. Is that correct?

[latonia]

Rehab RN,

Thank you for the comment. Are the chain letters part of the patient plan of care or consistent with an ongoing professional nurse-client relationship?

I would suggest that you refer to the your employer policies and procedures to see if this okay for a definitive answer.

In general nurses need to always keep it professional in dealing with patients and families and establish and maintain professional boundaries.