Nursing practice and the law
Subtitle: avoiding malpractice and other legal risks
By: Mary E. O'Keefe.
Publisher: F.A. Davis
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 578
Subjects: Legislation, Nursing -- United States.; Malpractice -- United States.; Nursing -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Nurses -- Malpractice -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. American jurisprudence; title: Ch. 2. Legal terminology; title: Ch. 3. The nurse and the legal system; title: Ch. 4. Ethics in nursing; title: Ch. 5. Defining nursing practice; title: Ch. 6. Elements of nursing negligence; title: Ch. 7. Negligence specific to nursing; title: Ch. 8. Vicarious liability for nursing negligence; title: Ch. 9. Documentation; title: Ch. 10. The nurse-patient relationship; title: Ch. 11. Patient rights; title: Ch. 12. Informed consent; title: Ch. 13. Nursing law and employment issues in nursing; title: Ch. 14. Managed care and the law; title: Ch. 15. Alternate dispute resolution in nursing; title: Ch. 16. The legislative process; title: Ch. 17. Advanced practice nursing; title: Ch. 18. Home health nursing; title: Ch. 19. Long-term care nursing; title: Ch. 20. Psychiatric nursing; title: Ch. 21. Emergency nursing; title: Ch. 22. Forensic nursing; title: Ch. 23. Life care planning; title: Ch. 24. Violence; title: Ch. 25. Telecommunications; title: Ch. 26. Correctional nursing.