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Essentials of nursing law and ethics

Westrick, Susan J.

Essentials of nursing law and ethics

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Essentials of nursing law and ethicsSusan J. Westrick.
Author:	Westrick, Susan J.
Published:	Burlington, Massachusetts :Jones & Bartlett Learning,2014.
Description:	1 online resource (xix, 388 p.) :ill.
Subject:	Nursing ethics.
Online resource:	http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&NEWS=n&CSC=Y&PAGE=booktext&D=books&AN=01812589

Essentials of nursing law and ethics
Westrick, Susan J.

Essentials of nursing law and ethics[electronic resource] /Susan J. Westrick. - 2nd ed - Burlington, Massachusetts :Jones & Bartlett Learning,2014. - 1 online resource (xix, 388 p.) :ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The legal environment -- Regulation of nursing practice -- Nurses in legal actions -- Standards of care -- Defenses to negligence or malpractice -- Prevention of malpractice -- Nurses as witnesses -- Professional liability insurance -- Accepting or refusing an assignment/patient abandonment -- Delegation to unlicensed assistive personnel -- Patients' rights and responsibilities -- Confidential communication -- Competency and guardianship -- Informed consent -- Refusal of treatment -- Pain control -- Patient teaching and health counseling -- Medication administration -- Clients with AIDS and HIV testing -- Abusive situations -- Reproductive services -- Restraints -- Emergency psychiatric admissions -- Organ and tissue donation and transplantation -- Discharge against medical advice -- The medical record and documentation standards -- Electronic health information and communications -- Interdependent nursing functions: verbal orders and telenursing -- Event reporting and compliance -- Quality and safety in nursing practice -- Forensic issues -- Employer and employee rights -- Contracts -- Corporate liability -- Employment contracts and unionization -- Employment status liability -- Staffing issues and floating -- Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employees with AIDS/HIV infection and exposure to bloodborne pathogens -- Impaired nurses -- Sexual harassment in the workplace -- Violence in the workplace -- Intentional torts -- Environmental health and safety -- Ethical decision making -- Professional boundaries and patient relationships -- Moral courage and patient advocacy -- Social media and online professionalism -- Reporting illegal, unethical, or unsafe conduct -- Maternal versus fetal rights -- Futility of care -- Advance directives and end-of-life decisions -- Assisted suicide.Subjects--Topical Terms:

318278
Nursing ethics.

LC Class. No.: RT85 / .W47 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 174.2

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WY 33 AA1 / W538e 2014

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