Professional Responsibilities 1 The legal responsibility of a person or
organization
3 Documentation of expected or unexpected care
activities or outcomes
2 The nurse role that assures client rights are
respected
5 The nurse role in informed consent
6 An act or omission to act that causes harm
9 A report recording the confidential details of an
unexpected event
10 The rule that nurses may not share information
with other clients or staff not involved in the
care of that client
4 Care that falls below the minimum standard
7 A Procedure or protocol directing nurse actions
8 Failure to perform a required act

It starts with commitment. the health and safety policy is the commitment by the employer to provide and maintain a safe workplace. the commitment of the workforce is also a necessary component.when the workplace parties sit down to develop an ergonomic approach to patient handling, they will develop terms of reference that set forth how the health and safety committee will function in approaching this problem and reach its goal of reduced injuries.in general, a safe patient handling program will involve the following steps: management approval and commitment to develop and implement a patient handling program.perform a needs analysis.create and standardize patient assessment criteria.develop decision trees to standardize actions.determine which controls are needed to implement specific tasks or patient needs.institute a "no-lift" policy, where possible.