At 10:17 AM 12/01/98 GMT, you wrote:
>On 01/11/98 11:39:23, Haines <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Are you saying that advice given by nurses is NOT reliable? And are you
>> suggesting that we might practice outside our professional code of conduct?
>
>Sorry, Graham.
>
>This is not what he is saying! At the moment, there is no legal
>framework to protect against litigation for telephone advice given by
>nurses. The situation with doctors is not clear cut either!
>
>You will not be practising outside your code of conduct, rather,
>you'll be practising without legal cover ;-)
>
>In other words: think or thwim!
>
>Ahmad
>
If there is no legal framework to protect against litigation for telephone
advice does that mean that we have all been operating without cover all
these years?
This is an important issue with the development of nurse triage. Any
suggestions, advice gratefully recieved.
Apologies to Graham if I have misunderstood the terminologies. :-)
Maresah
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