Nursing regulators, educators, practicing nurses, and the people they serve expect
ethical standards of practice to be met in nursing and other healthcare professions.
The reported incidence of professional discipline among nurses is low; however, some
nurses (and other professionals) fail to demonstrate professional virtues and lose
sight of professional ethical principles and duties. This article presents the types
of issues that ultimately come to board attention, discusses the elements that may
contribute to the issues, and describes an approach to help remediate professionals
by equipping them with a framework to examine their reasoning and understand how and
why they failed to uphold professional conduct. To help exemplify this approach, a
case study on sexual boundary impingement and recommendations for regulatory boards
are also presented.
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Biography
Catherine V. Caldicott, MD, FACP, is Senior Faculty, Regulatory Liaison, & Consultant for Special Projects, at PBI Education, Jacksonville, Florida.
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The author gratefully acknowledges the input of Scott Stacy, PsyD, of Acumen Institute regarding the archetypes of sexual boundary violators and their treatment.
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