Preventive Legal Protection in Increasing Effectiveness Medical Actions of Nurses at Wakatobi Regency General Hospital Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to determine and examine the implementation of preventive legal protection in increasing the effectiveness of nurses' medical actions at the Regional General Hospital of Wakatobi Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia.   Method: This research uses normative juridical and empirical juridical approach methods. Data collection techniques are carried out by interviews and collecting other data relevant to the research then analyzed using qualitative methods using principles, theories laws, and regulations related to the research topic, then described descriptively analytically in the discussion. Respondents and research resource persons were determined by purposive sampling. The respondents amounted to 4 nurses and the resource persons amounted to 4 hospital leaders.   Result: The results showed that in the Regional General Hospital of Wakatobi Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, Preventive Legal Protection in Increasing the Effectiveness of Nurses' Medical Actions related to the implementation of the delegation of doctors' authority to nurses to perform medical actions has not been maximized. This is because nurses who perform certain medical actions have not received delegation of authority, both delegative and mandated in writing from doctors following the provisions of Article 290 of Law Number 17 of 2023 concerning Health and Article 32 of Law Number 38 of 2014 concerning Nursing. Furthermore, preventive legal protection related to standard operational procedures has been running well. Where every medical action carried out by nurses already has standard operational procedures, the implementation of medical actions is following standard operational procedures, standard operational procedures for medical actions carried out by nurses have been socialized and have been monitored regularly following the provisions of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 17 of 2023 concerning Health,   Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, it can be concluded that Preventive Legal Protection in Increasing the Effectiveness of Medical Actions of Nurses at the Regional General Hospital of Wakatobi Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia is still inadequate.