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Nurse's legal handbook / clinical editor, Kathy G. Ferrell, BS, RN, LNCC, Board Certified, Medical-Legal Consulting, Thompson's Station, Tennessee.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nursing--Law and legislation--United States.
- Nursing.
- Nursing ethics--United States.
- Nursing ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (478 pages)
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An authoritative guide to the legal and ethical issues faced daily by nurses, this handbook includes real-life examples and information from hundreds of court cases. It covers the full range of contemporary concerns, including computer documentation, workplace violence and harassment, needlesticks, telephone triage, pain management, prescribing, privacy, and confidentiality. An entire chapter explains step-by-step what to expect in a malpractice lawsuit.
- Contents:
- Nursing practice and the law / by Mariea Urubek
- Working in diverse clinical settings / by Leslie M. Durr
- Patients' rights / by Kelli M. Hansen
- Understanding malpractice liability / by Rebecca F. Cady
- Lawsuits and the legal process / by Kristopher T. Starr
- Legal risks on the job / by Samantha M. Steiner
- Legal aspects of documentation / by Patricia Iyer
- Legal risks while off duty / by Taralynn R. Mackay
- Nurses' rights as employees / by Lanette L. Anderson
- Ethical decision making / by Frances W. Sills
- Ethics in nursing practice / by Edith Brous.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4963-0261-3
- OCLC:
- 971366291
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