Description
Book SynopsisOffers a user-friendly, practical approach, and provides all the features nursing educators and students rely on for comprehensive legal and ethical advice. This book includes chapters on risk management and conflict management, critical-thinking features, an emphasis on ethical issues, and examines the role of the nurse in the political process.
Trade ReviewAfter reading this, the healthcare professional will be better informed and prepared in dealing with legal issues. Educators will find this a useful tool for the classroom." -
Journal for Healthcare QualityTable of Contents
- Part 1: Nursing Practice
- 1. Nursing Practice
- Part 2: Nursing and the Law
- 2. Standards of Care
- 3. The Law
- Part 3: Nursing Ethics
- 4. Lobbying
- 5. Ethics in Nursing
- Part 4: Liability in Professional Practice
- 6. Intentional and Quasi-Intentional Torts
- 7. Common Areas of Negligence and Liability
- 8. Documentation and the Nurse
- 9. Electronic Documentation
- 10. Risk Management
- 11. Informed Consent
- 12. Facility Liability: Employment Issues
- 13. Liability of the Nurse Manager
- 14. The Nurse and the Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
- 15. The Expert
- 16. Professional Liability Insurance
- Part 5: Professional Issues
- 17. The Nurse and the Contract
- 18. Conflict Management and the Nurse
