Title: Discussion 2
Course: HCP 0796 Patient Care Technician > Section: Module 2

Safe guarding against legal action

Answer the following questions below. You may need to utilize outside websites to find the information needed to complete this discussion board. If you use an outside source, please list where you found the information below your answer. I should be able to get to the source without difficulty just by reading your reference information.

1. What is abandonment and what are some examples of this action in the health care field?

2. What is an adverse incident ? If one occurs, what should you do and why?

3. What arrests have to be reported to the Board of Nursing by anyone holding a license or certification in the healthcare field? Are there any arrests that do not have to be reported?

4. How long does an healthcare worker have to report an arrest to the Board of Nursing? How would this be reported?

5. Do you have to notify the Board of Nursing if you move, even within the same town? If so, how long do you have and if not, why?

6. What is the act of omission in regards to documentation? Provide an example that could occur in your documentation. Is it ever acceptable and if so when? If it is never acceptable, why?

7. Do you have to report driving infractions to the Board of Nursing? If so which ones and if not, why?

8. How many hours of in-service training are required to renew a CNA license in the State of Florida? How often is renewal done? Are there mandatory in-service training topics or can they be on any pertinent issue?

9. If you are accused of having a substance abuse problem while holding a current CNA license, what happens? Is your license taken away, why or why not? What might you have to do to possibly keep your license?