Nursing Malpractice - Liability and Risk Management (Hardcover)

Students and professional nurses at any level of clinical practice will find this book to be a vital resource on the basic legal concepts and principles of malpractice, liability, and risk management, and their implications for the profession. The book also provides detailed strategies for dealing with these issues. The content is also highly relevant to practitioners in all other health care and legal disciplines that collaborate in the delivery of health care. Issues discussed include the expanding and evolving roles for professional nurses and the concomitant legal accountability and risk for liability, the increasing incidence of nurses named as defendants in malpractice lawsuits, anticipated changes in our health care delivery system, and breakthroughs in science and technology that will present new legal questions. The book also includes material on other important facets of today's nursing practice, including the growing phenomenon of tele-nursing, the essentials of malpractice insurance, and the legal significance of documentation and patients' medical records. It helps the reader identify the nurse at risk for a malpractice suit and the characteristics of the patient likely to sue. The appendices provide information on state laws concerned with access to medical records, a list of useful websites, a list of state boards of nursing, and a glossary of important terms.

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 1999
First published:	May 1999
Authors:	Charles C Sharpe
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-86569-280-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Medicine > General issues > Medicolegal issues Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > Public health & safety law Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Nursing > General Books > Academic & Education > Varsity Textbooks > Nursing
LSN:	0-86569-280-7
Barcode:	9780865692800

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