| Description |
x, 1493 pages ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
The roots of patient injury / Patricia W. Iyer -- Where have all the nurses gone? / Patricia W. Iyer -- Medical errors : roots of litigation / Patricia W. Iyer -- Moving from traditional law and medicine to promote safety and effective risk management / Bryan A. Liang -- Patient Safety Initiatives / Patricia W. Iyer, Thomas Haas -- The foundations of nursing practice / Patricia W. Iyer -- Inside the health care environment / Judy Rottkamp -- The intersection of nursing and employment law / Thomas Lewis, E. David Krulewicz -- Nursing documentation / Patricia W. Iyer -- Obstetrical nursing malpractice issues / M. Terese Verklan -- Pediatric nursing malpractice issues / Kathleen C. Ashton -- Perioperative nursing malpractice iIssues / Dianne McCorkle -- Psychiatric nursing liability / Wanda K. Mohr -- Medical surgical malpractice issues / Marlene Roman, Beth Cohen -- Orthopaedics / BArbara J. Levin, Nancy E. Mooney -- Subacute and long-term care nursing malpractice issues / Patricia W. Iyer ... [et al.] |
| 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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Nursing errors.
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| Author |
Iyer, Patricia W.
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| LC no. |
2006033242 |
| ISBN |
9781933264202 alkaline paper |
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