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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787285703321

Autore

Mathes Michele <1947->

Titolo

Nurse's law : legal questions & answers for the practicing nurse / / Michele Mathes, JoAnne Reifsnyder ; cover designer, Katy Bodenmiller ; proofreader, Kevin Kent

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Indianapolis, Indiana : , : Sigma Theta Tau International, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-935476-41-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

344.730414

Soggetti

Nursing ethics - United States

Nursing - Law and legislation - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Praise""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""About the Authors""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1_Nursing Scope of Practice""; ""Chapter 2_Overview of the Legal System""; ""Chapter 3_Informed Consent""; ""Chapter 4_Negligence""; ""Chapter 5_Confidentiality""; ""Chapter 6_Surrogate Decision-Making""; ""Chapter 7_End-of-Life Care""; ""Chapter 8_Maintaining and Documenting Compliance""; ""Appendix A_Terms of Art: In Everyday Language""; ""Appendix B_Influential Case Law: In Brief""; ""Index""