A-Z of Nursing Law


Book Description

This much awaited text equips nurses and other health-care professionals to deal with the legal issues they encounter in daily practice. Informative, relevant and up to date, this edition covers all recent changes to the law and legislation that affects the nursing profession. As the only local book of this nature, it is sure to become an invaluable resource for nurse practitioners and other health-care professionals. Undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students will also find it useful. Key Features: Completely comprehensive -- addresses over 450 topics; Presents topics alphabetically for ease of access; Explains exactly what the law is and its implications for nursing; Highlights aspects that require caution; Applies to both the professional and private life of the nurse.




Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements


Book Description

Pamphlet is a succinct statement of the ethical obligations and duties of individuals who enter the nursing profession, the profession's nonnegotiable ethical standard, and an expression of nursing's own understanding of its commitment to society. Provides a framework for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision-making.




Nursing Law and Ethics


Book Description

The papers in this section on the legal aspects of nursing can be divided into two parts: (a) the rights and responsibilities of nurses, patients, and the medical system and (b) treatment, with its legal ramifications. How does one decide whether patients' rights or the health professional's rights are to be considered more seriously? Is there an absolute "right" or "wrong"? Since legal rights are sanctioned by constantly changing social and political climates, this may, in effect, diminish the possibility of anything absolute. The question of the "equivalency" of legal and moral rights is also addressed. Due to the prevalent vagueness with regard to bioethical issues as they affect hu man and legal rights, often we become absorbed in philosophical polemics without being able to arrive at anyone answer. In order to move beyond the ethical/theoret ical fonnulations, there is daily confrontation in the nursing profession -the practi cal application of theoretics.




Core Curriculum for Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing - E-Book


Book Description

- NEW! CAMTS and AAMS guidelines, techniques for PICC placement, and changes to the Neonatal Resuscitation Program are just a few of the updates that reveal the importance the new edition places on safety practices and procedures. - NEW! Updated chapter on Patient Safety includes selected improvement strategies and resources for neonatal nurses to build a patient safety toolkit, discusses TeamSTEPPS (Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety), and recognizes human issues, such as shift work and fatigue. - NEW! Increased focus on evidence-based practice for preterm infants, medications, and antepartum-intrapartum complications sets the standard for neonatal nursing practice. - NEW! Strategies to promote inclusionary care better reflect nursing care today by focusing on family-centered care, comprehensive perinatal records, health care teams in the NICU, and best practices in the care of the late preterm infant. - NEW! Comprehensively revised chapter on Immunology identifies risk factors for infection associated with term and preterm infants, distinguishes clinical symptoms and therapies associated with TORCHES CLAP spectrum infections, and includes prevention strategies for hospital-acquired infections. - NEW! Thoroughly updated content and references reflect currency and technologic advances. - NEW! Refocused chapter on Developmental Care guides the nurse to use assessment within the context of the environment and situation to initiate interventions in the moment or use patterns of responses for developing plans of care and presents core measures on evaluating developmental care practices in the NICU.




A Dictionary of Nursing


Book Description

The new edition of this bestselling and trusted dictionary has been fully revised to take account of recent developments in nursing practice and related fields. Updates to this edition cover many areas, with a particular focus on radiography, public health and the NHS, theoretical concepts familiar in nursing education, and key vocabulary used in the 2018 Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses. Written by medical and nursing specialists, and offering more than 10,500 clear and concise entries on nursing theory and practice, the dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of the ever-expanding vocabulary of the nursing professions. As well as nursing-specific terms, there are also many entries in the fields of medicine, anatomy, physiology, ethics, psychiatry, nutrition, dentistry, statistics, and pharmacology. Almost 100 helpful illustrations and tables, and 16 appendices covering the calculation of drug dosages, religion and nursing practice, recommended alcohol intake, and much more, help to make this an essential reference tool for all nursing students and professionals.




An A-Z of Community Care Law


Book Description

Mandelstam breaks this complex subject down into individual terms, then explains the legal and practical implications of each term in plain language, enabling readers to explore specific issues quickly and concisely.




Nurse's Legal Handbook


Book Description

An authoritative guide to the legal and ethical issues faced daily by nurses, this handbook includes real-life examples and information from hundreds of court cases. It covers the full range of contemporary concerns, including computer documentation, workplace violence and harassment, needlesticks, telephone triage, pain management, prescribing, privacy, and confidentiality. An entire chapter explains step-by-step what to expect in a malpractice lawsuit.




Nurse's Legal Handbook


Book Description

The newly revised Fifth Edition of this handbook is an up-to-the-minute, authoritative guide to the legal and ethical issues faced daily by nurses. Replete with real-life examples and information from hundreds of court cases, the book covers the full range of contemporary concerns, including computer documentation, cloning, stem cell research, pain management, euthanasia, prescribing, privacy, and confidentiality as well as the nursing shortage. New topics include workplace violence and harassment, needlesticks, telephone triage, and quality assurance. A new Legal Tip logo highlights proactive, protective actions nurses can take, and an entire chapter explains step-by-step what to expect in a malpractice lawsuit.




California Nursing Practice Act With Regulations and Related Statutes 2014


Book Description

Published in conjunction with the California Board of Registered Nursing, this newest edition of California Nursing Practice Act with Regulations and Related Statutes is a must-have reference manual for California's nursing community. It features all of the statutes and regulations governing nursing in the California plus: * Scope of Regulation * Nurse-Midwives * Disiplinary Proceedings * Nursing Corporations * Nursing Schools * Public Health Nurse Certification * Nurse Anesthetists * Nurse Practitioners * Clinical Nurse Specialists * Registration and Examination * Continuing Education * Denial, Suspension and Revocation of Licenses * and much more! Also included are a comprehensive table of contents, a table of sections affected by new legislation, and a professionally prepared index to help you find the law quickly on a particular topic, saving you valuable research time. The included CD-ROM contains the full contents of the print publication and allows the user to search, cut, paste, and download information in a user-friendly format.