Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 172 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE › Chapter 101 - PRACTICE OF NURSING › Section 172-101-006 - UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Current through June 17, 2024
Unprofessional conduct is set out in Neb. Rev. Stat. §
									38-179
				  and this chapter as follows:
(1)
				Failure to utilize appropriate judgment in administering safe nursing practice
				based upon the level of nursing for which the individual is licensed;
(2) Failure to exercise technical competence
				based upon the level of nursing for which the individual is licensed in
				carrying out nursing care;
(3)
				Failure to follow policies or procedures implemented in the practice situation
				to safeguard patient care;
(4)
				Failure to safeguard a patient's dignity or right to privacy;
(5) Violating the confidentiality of
				information or knowledge concerning a patient;
(6) Verbally or physically abusing
				patients;
(7) Falsification or
				intentional unauthorized destruction of patient records;
(8) Failure to maintain an accurate patient
				record;
(9) Misappropriating
				medications, supplies or personal items of a patient or agency;
(10) Committing any act which endangers
				patient safety or welfare;
(11)
				Delegating or assigning nursing interventions contrary to the standards set in
				172 NAC 99;
(12) Failure to
				exercise supervision as set in 172 NAC 99 over persons who are authorized to
				practice only under the direction of the licensed nurse or licensed
				practitioner;
(13) Leaving a
				patient care nursing assignment without notifying personnel so that reasonable
				arrangements for continuation of care can be made;
(14) Failure to seek consultation,
				collaboration, or direction from another licensed health care provider when
				warranted by patient condition;
(15) Accepting an assignment when the
				licensed nurse does not have the competence to safely perform the intervention
				required by the assignment;
(16)
				Practice of the profession without a current active license or temporary
				license;
(17) Failure of a
				licensee, who is the subject of a disciplinary investigation, to furnish the
				Department or its investigator with requested information or requested
				documents;
(18) Falsification or
				misrepresentation of material facts in attempting to obtain nursing
				employment;
(19) Altering a license
				or temporary license by changing the expiration date, license number or any
				other information appearing on the license;
(20) Intentional falsification of material
				facts in a material document connected with the practice of nursing;
(21) Violating any term of probation,
				condition, or limitation imposed on the licensee by the Department;
(22) Kissing, fondling, touching or engaging
				in any other activities of a sexual nature with a patient;
(23) Crossing the professional boundaries of
				the nurse-patient relationship, to include patients' family members, including
				the nurse's use of social media;
(24) Failure to meet the repayment provisions
				for a loan received under the Nursing Student Loan Act; and
(25) Failure to meet the repayment provisions
				for a loan received under the Nursing Faculty Student Loan Act.