Dual Relationship

[Retrospect]

I was just wondering if i go out on placement and happened to see one of my family members as the patient and the Registered Nurse who is in charge of me is taking care of that patient am i allowed to assist this rn in my familys care....

Is that allowed its just that i read somewhere that it was called a dual relationship and that its not permitted

Hope someone can clarify this

Thankyou

[Jules A, MSN]

I could be wrong but I think it depends on your facility. At mine we are not allowed to care for family members and can even be moved from our unit to another one for HIPAA reasons.