Professional Discipline and the Disciplinary Tribunal
From complaint to verdict: how the Act disciplines nurses, step by step.
What this unit covers
Unit 6: Legal Aspects of Nursing in Nigeria
- 1 Sources of Nigerian LawBefore you can obey the law as a nurse, you need to know where it lives. · 10 min
- 2 The Nursing and Midwifery (Registration, etc.) ActOne law decides who may call themselves a nurse in Nigeria — and who may not. · 10 min
- 3 Professional Discipline and the Disciplinary TribunalFrom complaint to verdict: how the Act disciplines nurses, step by step. · 10 min
- 4 Negligence and malpracticeFour elements stand between an unhappy outcome and a successful lawsuit. · 10 min
- 5 Assault, Battery, Vicarious Liability and DocumentationThe other legal traps in nursing, who pays when things go wrong, and why your pen is your best defence. · 10 min