73 Union of Turkish Bar Associations Review 2022 TÜZÜNER / DUYMUŞ / ALGÜL The importance of the nurse among healthcare professionals is undeniable. Nursing is a scientific discipline equipped with lofty duties. So much so that, it is also the duty of nurses to protect, promote and improve the health of the individual, family and society. The nursing duty, which is coordinated with science and art, does not consist of only assisting the physician (medical doctor). They also have independent duties and powers. It should also be added that they have an important mission in terms of family planning and family medicine.3 Hence, the Nursing Law defines the nurse and the title attached to this status as follows: “The title of nurse is given to those who graduated from faculties and colleges of universities providing undergraduate education related to nursing in Turkey and whose diplomas were registered by the Ministry of Health, and those who have completed their education abroad in a state-recognized school related to nursing, whose equivalence has been approved and whose diplomas have been registered by the Ministry of Health” (article 1 of HK). Nursing Regulation defines this title worded as follows “Health personnel authorized to practice the nursing profession according to the Nursing Law” (article 4/1-b of HY). The aforementioned regulation also details the services, duties, authorities and responsibilities offered by this profession (article 5, 6 of HY). On the other hand, nurses graduated from at least a medical vocational high school have high-level duties that require a lot of knowledge and experience, from asking the patient’s health and well-being to measuring their temperature, even giving their medication to administering their injections (article 132 of YTKİY). The detailed task schedule makes it natural for the nursing profession to seek quality standards for personality and emotional resilience as well as talent. In addition, a benevolent and self-sacrificing character who can constantly take care of the patient both physically and spiritually is essential. In addition, a benevolent and self-sacrificing character who can constantly take care of the patient both physically and spiritually is essential. 3 Halil Kalabalık, “Ebe ve Hemşirelerin İdare Hukuku Açısından Sorumluluğu”, 3. Sağlık Hukuku Kurultayı, Ankara Barosu, Ankara, 2011, p. 334. Zekeriya Kürşat, “Hemşirelerin Hukukî Sorumluluğu”, İstanbul Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Mecmuası, 2008, 66/1, p. 293, 294. Hakan Hakeri, Tıp Hukuku, Seçkin, Ankara, 2021, Vol. 1, p. 209. Belkız Karabakır, Hemşirelerin Tâbi Oldukları Mevzuat ve Hukukî Sorumlulukları Konusundaki Farkındalıkları, İstanbul Üniversitesi Adlî Tıp Enstitüsü Sosyal Bilimler Anabilim Dalı, Master Thesis, Supervisor: Gürsel Çetin, İstanbul, 2011, p. 1, 5.
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