Nurses must accompany the dying person until his or her last moments, ensure the quality of a life that is coming to an end through appropriate care and measures, safeguard the dignity of the person being cared for and comfort those around him or her. Nurses must not deliberately provoke death.
When participating in or promoting research involving the human person, particularly in the field of nursing care, nurses must comply with the provisions of Title II of Book I of Part One of this Code. The same applies to their participation in an organ procurement activity mentioned in Book II of the same part.
The practice of the nursing profession involves the drawing up by the professional, in accordance with the observations he is able to make, of certificates, attestations and documents the production of which is prescribed by legislative and regulatory texts. These documents must be written legibly in French, dated, enable the professional from whom they originate to be identified and be signed by him or her. The nurse may provide the…
It is forbidden to take any action that might give a patient an unjustified or unlawful material advantage, as well as any rebate in money or in kind.
Nurses must maintain good fraternal relations with each other. They owe each other assistance in times of adversity. It is forbidden for a nurse, regardless of the means or medium of communication used, to slander another, to speak ill of him or her or to echo remarks likely to harm him or her in the practice of his or her profession. A nurse in conflict with a colleague must seek…
In the event that a nurse is questioned in the course of disciplinary proceedings, he or she is required, to the extent compatible with respect for professional secrecy, to reveal any facts of use to the investigation that come to his or her knowledge. Any deliberately inaccurate statement may itself give rise to disciplinary proceedings.
Nurses are prohibited from improperly taking credit for a scientific discovery, particularly in a publication.
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…
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