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Article R4312-19 of the French Public Health Code

In all circumstances, nurses endeavour, through their professional action, to relieve patients’ suffering by means appropriate to their condition and provide moral support.

Nurses have a duty, within the framework of their own skills and on medical prescription or as part of a therapeutic protocol, to provide care aimed at relieving pain.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article R4312-19
En toutes circonstances, l’infirmier s’efforce, par son action professionnelle, de soulager les souffrances du patient par des moyens appropriés à son état et l’accompagne moralement.


L’infirmier a le devoir, dans le cadre de ses compétences propres et sur prescription médicale ou dans le cadre d’un protocole thérapeutique, de dispenser des soins visant à soulager la douleur.

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