Nurse's law : legal questions & answers for the practicing nurse / Michele Mathes, JD, JoAnne Reifsnyder, PhD, RN.

Author/creator Mathes, Michele, 1947- author.
Other author Reifsnyder, JoAnne, 1958- author.
Other author Sigma Theta Tau International issuing body.
Format Electronic
PublicationIndianapolis, IN, USA : Sigma Theta Tau International/Honor Society of Nursing, [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Description1 online resource (xxii, 279 pages :) : illustrations
Supplemental ContentDirect link to eBook
Subjects

Contents Nursing scope of practice -- Overview of the legal system -- Informed consent -- Negligence -- Confidentiality -- Surrogate decision-making -- End-of-life care -- Maintaining and documenting compliance.
Abstract Nurse's Law provides nursing students and practicing professional nurse with practical guidance concerning prevailing laws, regulations, and considerations in nursing practice. Using a case-based, question-and-answer format, the authors present and illustrate the legal context for nursing practice.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from resource home page (R2 Digital Library, viewed July 6, 2017).
Issued in other formPrint version: Mathes, Michele, 1947- Nurse's law. Indianapolis, IN, USA : Sigma Theta Tau International/Honor Society of Nursing, [2014] 9781935476009
ISBN1935476416 (electronic bk.)
ISBN9781935476412 (electronic bk.)
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ISBN(Epub)
ISBN(MOBI)
ISBN1935476408 (electronic bk.)
ISBN9781935476405
Publisher numberMWT11648523

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