Nurse's legal handbook.
Contributors: Springhouse Corporation.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 430
Subjects: Nursing -- Practice -- United States.; Nursing ethics.; Nursing -- Law and legislation -- United States.; Legislation, Nursing -- United States.; Ethics, Nursing -- United States.; Malpractice -- United States -- Nurses' Instruction.; Patient Rights -- United States -- Nurses' Instruction.
Genres: Nurses' Instruction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nursing practice and the law; title: Working in diverse clinical settings; title: Patients' rights; title: Understanding malpractice liability; title: Lawsuits and the legal process; title: Legal risks on the job; title: Legal aspects of documentation; title: Legal risks while off duty; title: Nurses' rights as employees; title: Ethical decision making; title: Ethical conflicts in clinical practice.