In hospital settings, liability issues can arise from a variety of issues, such as failure to follow orders, medication errors, and failure to supervise the delegation of tasks. In every workplace there will be employees held accountable for their failure to maintain interpersonal boundaries. These issues can include discrimination, inappropriate sexual advances, and personal conversations that are inappropriate for work. Ability to recognize and honor interpersonal boundaries. Boundaries are established to protect the patient, nurse and colleague from over- or under-involvement in each other's relationships. screw. Therapeutic care lies at the center of a continuum, deviation from either side distorts interpersonal boundaries established for “patient effectiveness and safety” (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2011). These boundaries are not only established for the benefit of the patient and nurse, but of everyone who works in the workplace. Interpersonal boundaries should be respected by all employees. These boundaries include information regarding our personal lives, information about patients that is not relevant to those involved in their care, or that allow relationships to become inappropriate. What is important to remember about interpersonal boundaries is that these boundaries are not only established for the benefit of the nurse-patient relationship, but for all employees of a company. Outside of a company, boundaries are established through different types of relationships. Maintaining boundaries keeps everyone involved in daily life and the workplace safe and professional. This can be a confusing topic, trying to decide what is okay to disclose and what is not okay to disclose. The nurse has... middle of paper... enormous responsibilities towards the patient she takes care of. These responsibilities require the nurse to maintain the safest environment possible for the patient. To do this the nurse must be able to meet the character requirements described in this article. Ethics, integrity, responsibility, accountability and boundaries keep everyone in a safe environment. Without these attributes you open the door for questionable behavior to occur within the hospital or other environments. Once behaviors are permitted, nurse availability standards will decrease. Standards like these don't just belong in the clinical context. These are the standards that everyone should respect in everyday life. The Board of Nursing topics discussed here are the foundation of the moral fiber that every person should weave into their lives.