10 Healthcare Professional Rights

Health Care Providers Bill of Rights:

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Patients have rights, physicians have rights, employees have rights both federal and state laws protect them.
Here are 10 Rights for the Healthcare provider and staff.
See the link below to the Compassion Fatigue Awareness site and additional rights for health care professionals.



10 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL( HCP’s) RIGHTS


HCP’s have a right To state the patient load is too heavy. Identifying that the assignment of the patient load for the shift is too difficult to manage and may become unsafe.

HCP’s have a right To ask for help and recieve it. Remember when your colleagues ask you for help. You ask them for help by communicating the timing of the help and ask them when they will be most available to do so. Anticipate and communicate your need for help to your team, so they have time to respond to your needs. Plan ways to return the help.

HCP’s have a right To take care of personal ( physical) needs during the shift. The right to go to the bathroom, get a drink of water, take a 10 minute break to refocus and plan the remainder of the shift and time to eat a snack or a meal.

HCP’s have a right To be spoken to in a professional manner by all professionals at all times. And not be spoken about in a negative manner when not present.

HCP’s have a right To ask for appreciation, validation and support from coworkers,team members and managers. Remember everyone likes positive feedback.

HCP’s have a right To identify healthy personal boundaries, Prioritizing and balancing a personal life and work.

HCP’s have a right To not participate in negative behavior of coworkers on unit.

HCP’s have a right To appropriately express emotions. Appropriately expressed emotions can be an ally.

HCP’s have a right To release emotional attachment to outcomes of patient care.

HCP’s have a right To be human and accept the humanity of patients.


Please see link below for addtional Healthcare staff rights:

http://www.compassionfatigue.org/pages/billofrights.html

May all your Call Lights be a Blessing!

AnnChristine Warneka BSN,RN is the Executive Director of Nurse Guardian. LLC. Nurse Guardian offers Life Coaching face to face via Skype.com. Nurse Guardian offers LIFE COACHING and professional seminars on Train the Trainer; Recognize and Recover Compassion Fatigue™ and seminars in Total Life Ownership™. She lives and works in Phoenix, AZ Visit her blog or contact her at www.Nurseguardian.blogspot.com. email: nurseguardian@gmail.com. Phone: 602-516-6800. AZ Zone.