JONA'S healthcare law, ethics and regulation
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JONAS Healthc Law Ethics Regul · Oct 2012
Professional accountability: implications for primary healthcare nursing practice.
The hallmark of professionalism is accountability, and this is necessary to consolidate the professional status of nursing. This article presents a review of the concept of professional accountability within the theoretical orientation of the role theory. ⋯ It discusses the various areas of professional accountability with particular reference to primary healthcare nursing practice. It concludes that primary healthcare nurses are involved directly with the public on a daily basis, hence the need to be cognizant of their public position, level of responsibility, and professional accountability.