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Nurses are required not only to keep pace with a swiftly changing health care environment and make rapid decisions on critical issues, they must also be cognizant of the legal implications of these decisions. This Fast Factslegal reference provides the quick, reliable legal information that nurses need to protect themselves in practice, management, and education. The only resource of its kind, it has been authored by highly respected nurse attorneys and practitioners who present complex information in straightforward, accessible language organized into easily digestible segments.
Key Topics:- Malpractice/negligence issues
- Workplace, organization, and business law,
- Legal concerns in the classroom
- Disaster and public health emergencies
- Nurse Practice Acts and the disciplinary process
- Informed consent and patient rights
- Risk management and compliance
- Trials and alternatives in dispute resolution
PART I: OVERVIEW OF NURSING AND THE LAW
Chapter 1. Primary Sources of Law
Chapter 2. Nurse Practice Acts
Chapter 3. Nursing Disciplinary Process
PART II: NURSING/NEGLIGENCE MALPRACTICE
Chapter 4. Negligence/Malpractice
Chapter 5. Proving Malpractice: The Expert Nurse Witness
PART III: DOCUMENTATION
Chapter 6. Principles and Practices of Documentation
Chapter 7. Electronic Health Records (EHR)
Chapter 8. Keys to Reducing Liability
PART IV: INFORMED CONSENT AND PATIENT RIGHTS
Chapter 9. Requirements for Informed Consent
Chapter 10. High Risk Area Associated with Failure to Provide Informed Consent
Chapter 11. The Patient Self Determination Act (PSDA), Advanced Directives
PART V: EMPLOYMENT LAW
Chapter 12. The Employment Relationship
Chapter 13. Ethical Obligations and Wrongful Discharge
Chapter 14. Federal Workplace Laws
PART VI: ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS LAW: TOPICS FOR NURSES
Chapter 15. Entity Types and Personal Liability for Owners
Chapter 16. Hospital Corporate Liability
Chapter 17. Continuous Quality Improvement and Risk Management
Chapter 18. Corporate Compliance
PART VII: DISASTERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES
Chapter 19. Legal Framework and Response Coordination
Chapter 20. Roles of Organizations and Nurses in Disasters
PART VIII: RESOLVING DISPUTES
Chapter 21. Anatomy of a Trial
Chapter 22. Alternative Dispute Resolution