Nurses must, in the interests of patients, maintain good relations with members of other health professions. They shall respect the professional independence of those professions. Nurses are prohibited from slandering another health professional, casting aspersions on him or her or echoing comments likely to harm him or her in the exercise of his or her profession.
Nurses are prohibited from accepting a commission for any professional act whatsoever. Nurses are forbidden to engage in any form of competition with other health professionals or any other natural or legal person. Competition is understood to mean intelligence between two or more persons with a view to obtaining advantages to the detriment of the patient or a third party. In particular, any comparable practices with establishments manufacturing or selling…
Except in the cases provided for in the contracts validated by the Conseil Départemental de l’Ordre and subject to the provisions of article L. 4312-15, the sharing of fees between nurses or between a nurse and another healthcare professional is prohibited. The acceptance, solicitation or offer of fee-splitting, even if unfulfilled, is prohibited. The distribution of dividends between the members of a partnership does not constitute prohibited fee-splitting. Retrocessions of…
Nurses are prohibited from engaging or participating for profit in any distribution of medicines, products or equipment.
Nurses are personally responsible for their decisions and the professional acts they are authorised to perform. They must not practise their profession in conditions that could compromise their independence, the quality of care or the safety of the persons under their care.
Within the framework of their own role and within the limits set by law, nurses are free to choose the professional actions and prescriptions they consider most appropriate. They must, without neglecting their duty of moral assistance, limit their professional actions and prescriptions to what is necessary for the quality and safety of care. He shall take into account the advantages, disadvantages and consequences of the various care options available.
Nurses respond, to the best of their knowledge, to all requests for prior information on the conditions for reimbursement of products and devices prescribed.
Nurses draw up a nursing care record for each patient, containing all relevant and up-to-date information relating to the patient’s care and follow-up. Nurses, whatever their mode of practice, shall ensure that the nursing care record is protected against any indiscretion. When they use computerised procedures, they take all measures within their power to ensure that these data are protected.
Nurses in charge of any coordinating or supervisory function must ensure that the actions performed by the persons whose activities they coordinate or supervise, whether nurses, care assistants, nursery nurses, medical-psychological assistants, nursing students or any other person placed under their responsibility, are carried out correctly. They are responsible for the actions they perform in collaboration with the professionals they supervise. They ensure that the people who assist them are…
Nurses respect and ensure respect for the rules of hygiene in their person, in the administration of care, in the use of equipment and in the maintenance of professional premises. They ensure that the waste resulting from their professional activities is properly managed, in accordance with regulatory procedures.
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