Nurse's Legal Handbook.

Nurse's Legal Handbook.

The newly revised Fifth Edition of this handbook is an up-to-the-minute, authoritative guide to the legal and ethical issues faced daily by nurses. Replete with real-life examples and information from hundreds of court cases, the book covers the full range of contemporary concerns, including compute...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Springhouse
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health, 2004.
Edition:5th ed.
Subjects:
Nursing > Practice > United States.
Nursing ethics.
Nursing > Law and legislation > United States.
Nursing ethics
Nursing > Law and legislation
Nursing > Practice
United States
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • NURSE'SLEGALHANDBOOK; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; 1 Nursing practice and the law; Levels of nursing practice; Laws, rules, and regulations; Interpreting your nurse practice act; Keeping nurse practice acts up to date; Standards of nursing care; Legal significance; Nursing licensure; 2 Working in diverse clinical settings; Nursing practice vs. medical practice; Legal risks in diverse clinical settings; 3 Patients' rights; Documents upholding patients' rights; Informed consent; The patient who refuses treatment; Respecting the patient's autonomy; Confidentiality and the right to privacy.
  • Patient's right to privacyWhen the patient demands his chart; Patient discharge against medical advice; When a patient dies; 4 Understanding malpractice liability; Understanding malpractice law; Understanding the statute of limitations; Avoiding malpractice liability; Maintaining professional liability insurance; 5 Lawsuits and the legal process; The medical malpractice lawsuit; Defending yourself in a lawsuit; Res judicata; 6 Legal risks on the job; Hospital policies; Legal risks caused by understaffing; Legal risks in special care units; Legal responsibility for patient safety.
  • Legal risks when administering drugsTelephone triage; Patient teaching and the law; Incident reports; Caring for a minor; Caring for an abused patient; Caring for a mentally ill or developmentally disabled patient; Caring for a suspected criminal; Upholding a patient's living will; Working as a quality management nurse; 7 Legal aspects of documentation; Purpose of accurate documentation; Legal significance of the medical record; Nursing documentation; Witnessing and signing documents; Computerized medical records; 8 Legal risks while off duty; Legal protection for Good Samaritans.
  • Giving free health care adviceDonating nursing services; Acting during a disaster; 9 Nurses' rights as employees; Understanding employment contracts; Unions; Legal issues in collective bargaining; Grievances and arbitration; 10 Ethical decision making; Law vs. ethics; Moral dilemmas; Values and ethics; Ethical theories; Basis of ethical decisions; Internet resources; 11 Ethical conflicts in clinical practice; Right to die; Organ transplantation; Perinatal ethics; HIV and AIDS; Abortion and reproductive technology; Genetic engineering and screening; Personal safety in the workplace.
  • Substance abuse among nursesGlossary; Understanding the judicial process; Types of MCOs; Interpretinglegal citations; Court case citations; Index.

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