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Article R4311-3 of the French Public Health Code

The nurse’s own role includes care related to the maintenance and continuity of life and aimed at partially or totally compensating for a lack or reduction in the autonomy of a person or group of people.

Within this framework, the nurse is competent to take the initiatives and carry out the care he or she deems necessary in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 4311-5, R. 4311-5-1 and R. 4311-6. He/she identifies the needs of the person, makes a nursing diagnosis, formulates care objectives, implements the appropriate actions and evaluates them. He may, with the participation of the members of the nursing team, draw up nursing care protocols on his own initiative. He/she is responsible for the design, use and management of the nursing care file.

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Article R4311-3

Relèvent du rôle propre de l’infirmier ou de l’infirmière les soins liés aux fonctions d’entretien et de continuité de la vie et visant à compenser partiellement ou totalement un manque ou une diminution d’autonomie d’une personne ou d’un groupe de personnes.

Dans ce cadre, l’infirmier ou l’infirmière a compétence pour prendre les initiatives et accomplir les soins qu’il juge nécessaires conformément aux dispositions des articles R. 4311-5, R. 4311-5-1 et R. 4311-6. Il identifie les besoins de la personne, pose un diagnostic infirmier, formule des objectifs de soins, met en oeuvre les actions appropriées et les évalue. Il peut élaborer, avec la participation des membres de l’équipe soignante, des protocoles de soins infirmiers relevant de son initiative. Il est chargé de la conception, de l’utilisation et de la gestion du dossier de soins infirmiers.

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