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001 2013009726
003 DLC
005 20151006075703.0
008 130312t20142014maua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013009726
020 $a9781284030204 (paperback)
020 $a1284030202 (paperback)
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050 00 $aRT85$b.W47 2014
060 10 $aWY 33 AA1
082 00 $a174.2$223
100 1 $aWestrick, Susan J.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aEssentials of nursing law and ethics /$cSusan J. Westrick.
250 $aSecond Edition.
264 1 $aBurlington, Massachusetts :$bJones & Bartlett Learning,$c[2014]
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axix, 388 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aNursing ethics.
650 0 $aNursing$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States.
650 12 $aLegislation, Nursing$zUnited States.
650 22 $aEthics, Nursing$zUnited States.