Essentials Nursing Law Ethics

Comprehensive overview of legal and ethical issues in nursing, emphasizing critical thinking and decision-making.

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Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics provides a comprehensive overview of the legal and ethical principles that govern nursing practice. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts to ensure patient safety and uphold professional standards. It serves as a vital resource for nursing students and professionals, equipping them with the knowledge to navigate complex legal situations and ethical dilemmas in healthcare.

Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics continues its focus on the legal aspects of Nursing as it relates to patient safety and quality, environmental health and safety, error reduction and ethical boundaries of practice in an updated third edition. Written by a nurse attorney, this unique text presents complex topics to undergraduate nursing students in an understandable manner while providing accurate and well researched content relevant to nursing practice.

The Third Edition was thoughtfully revised and updated to incorporate gender neutral, inclusive, patient-centered and person-first language throughout. Furthermore, it features new and updated case law examples and updated coverage of timely topics, including documentation, patient teaching, confidentiality, end of life issues, advance directives, refusing a patient assignment, sexual harassment in the workplace, use of social media by nurses, error reduction/disclosure/apology, correctional nursing, age discrimination, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and more.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

• New and updated cases and references throughout as well as updated coverage of professional standards and codes of conduct.
• Features a unique design, with content and topics organized into five major sections: the law and nursing practice; liability in patient care; documentation issues; employment and the workplace; and ethics.

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Content licensed from printed ISBN 10: 1284120384 Content licensed from printed ISBN 13: 9781284120387

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Author(s): Susan J. Westrick, JD, MS, RN, CNE Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning