Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 410 - RULES OF GEORGIA BOARD OF NURSING › Chapter 410-10 - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE AND UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT › Rule 410-10-.03 - Definition of Unprofessional Conduct

Current through Rules and
			 Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Nursing conduct failing to meet the
			 minimal standards of acceptable and prevailing nursing practice, which could
			 jeopardize the health, safety, and welfare of the public, shall constitute
			 unprofessional conduct. This conduct shall include, but not be limited to, the
			 following:
(2)
Practice
(a) Using inappropriate
			 or unsafe judgment, technical skill or interpersonal behaviors in providing
			 nursing care;
(b) Performing any
			 nursing technique or procedure for which the nurse is unprepared by education
			 or experience;
(c) Disregarding a
			 patient/client's dignity, right to privacy or right to
			 confidentiality;
(d) Failing to
			 provide nursing care because of diagnosis, age, gender, race, creed, color or
			 sexual orientation;
(e) Abandoning
			 or knowingly neglecting patients/clients requiring nursing care;
(f) Continuing to practice after the
			 expiration date of the license.
(g)
			 Failing to take appropriate action to safeguard a patient's welfare;
(h) Failing to take action in a health care
			 setting to protect a patient whose safety or welfare is at risk from
			 incompetent health care practice, or to report the incompetent health care
			 practice to employment or licensing authorities;
(i) Failing to report to the Board a licensed
			 nurse whose work history includes conduct, or a pattern of conduct, that leads
			 to or may lead to an adverse patient outcome;
(j) Assuming patient care responsibilities
			 that the nurse lacks the education to perform, for which the nurse has failed
			 to maintain nursing competence, or that are outside the scope of practice of
			 the nurse;
(k) Accepting the
			 assignment of nursing functions or a prescribed health function when the
			 acceptance of the assignment could be reasonably expected to result in unsafe
			 or ineffective client care;
(l)
			 Failure of a clinical nursing instructor to adequately supervise or to assure
			 adequate supervision of student experiences.
(m) Failure to practice within a modified
			 scope of practice or with the required accommodations, as specified by the
			 Board in granting a limited license or any agreement with the Board.
(n) Causing or permitting physical,
			 emotional, sexual or verbal abuse or injury or neglect to the client, or
			 failing to report same to the employer, appropriate legal authority and/or the
			 Board;
(o) Providing information
			 which was false, deceptive, or misleading in connection with the practice of
			 nursing;
(p) Knowingly aiding,
			 assisting, advising, or allowing an unlicensed person to engage in the unlawful
			 practice of practical, registered or advanced practice nursing;
(q) Violating an order of the Board, or
			 carelessly or repetitively violating a state or federal law relating to the
			 practice of practical, registered or advanced practice nursing, or violating a
			 state or federal narcotics or controlled substance law;
(r) Knowingly aiding, assisting, advising, or
			 allowing a nurse under Board Order to violate the conditions set forth in the
			 Order; or
(s) Failing to report
			 violations of the Nursing Practice Act and/or the Board's rules and
			 regulations.