| Description |
x, 246 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
1. Nursing practice and the law -- 2. Medication errors -- 3. Failure to communicate information -- 4. Failure to document information -- 5. Failure to perform a proper assessment -- 6. Failure to protect -- 7. Failure to perform reasonable patient care -- 8. Breach of confidentiality -- 9. Criminal actions -- 10. Advocacy, ethics, and legal duties -- 11. Legal risks of understaffing -- 12. Surviving a lawsuit |
| Summary |
"Learn from court cases that have set the parameters for your nursing practice. Find out what you're doing that leaves you open to a nursing malpractice charge. Discover how you might fare in a lawsuit, ways to defend yourself, and how to stay out of court in the first place."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Nurses -- Malpractice -- United States.
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Nursing -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Legislation, Nursing.
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Malpractice -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| Genre/Form |
Legal Case.
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| Author |
Helm, Ann.
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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| LC no. |
2002011858 |
| ISBN |
158255207X paperback alkaline paper |
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