Legal aspects of nursing / / Bridgit Dimond

• Autore: Dimond Bridgit
• Pubblicazione: Harlow, England : , : Pearson, , 2015
• Edizione: Seventh edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (865 pages)
• Disciplina: 344.420414
• Soggetto topico: Nursing - Law and legislation - England; Legislation, Nursing
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Guided tour -- Table of cases -- Table of statutes -- Abbreviations -- Foreword to first edition -- Foreword to seventh edition -- Preface to first edition -- Preface to seventh edition -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 General principles affecting all nurses -- 1 Introduction: four arenas of accountability, the legal system and human rights -- Accountability -- Criminal liability -- Professional liability -- Civil liability -- Accountability to employer -- Relationship between the four arenas of accountability -- Sources of law -- Differences between civil and criminal law -- Civil actions -- Judicial review -- Legal personnel and legal complaints -- Legal language -- Human Rights Act 1998 -- Freedom of Information Act 2000 -- Devolved law-making powers -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 2 Actions in the criminal courts and defences to criminal charges -- Initial stages of arrest and prosecution -- Magistrates' courts -- Plea and Case Management Hearing -- Crown Court proceedings -- Elements of a crime -- Case of Dr Nigel Cox -- Case of Dr Adomako -- Case of Dr Shipman -- Case of Beverley Allitt -- Case of Kevin Cobb -- Administration of drug by epidural instead of intravenous injection -- Offence of ill-treatment or wilful neglect -- Defences -- Criminal injuries compensation -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 3 Liability in a civil court case for negligence -- Duty of care -- Standard of care -- Causation -- Liable for what? -- Harm -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 4 Specific problem areas in civil liability: personal liability of the nurse, vicarious liability of the employer and managerial issues -- Negligence in communication -- Inexperience -- Team liability and apportionment of responsibility. ; Taking instructions: refusal to obey -- Nurse as manager -- Pressure on the manager -- Vicarious liability of employer -- In the course of employment -- Liability for negligence of volunteers -- Duty of care and liability for independent contractors -- Direct liability of employer -- Indemnity from the employee at fault -- Pressure from inadequate resources -- Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and whistleblowing -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 5 Statutory functions and management of the NHS -- National Health Service -- White Paper Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS -- Enforcement of statutory duties -- The National Health Service Commissioning Board (NHS England) -- Clinical commissioning groups -- The Mandate -- NHS foundation trusts -- Monitor -- National Health Service Trust Development Authority -- Clinical governance -- The Care Quality Commission -- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) -- National Service Frameworks (NSFs) -- NHS 111 and walk-in clinics -- NHS inquiries -- Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Inquiry -- The NHS Constitution -- The Healthy NHS Board -- Nursing initiatives -- NHS and the private sector -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 6 Progress of a civil claim: defences and compensation -- Civil proceedings -- Compensation in civil proceedings for negligence -- Defences to a civil action -- Clinical Negligence Scheme for Trusts (CNST) and the NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) -- NHS Redress Act 2006 -- Reforms to civil litigation -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 7 Consent to treatment and informing the patient -- Basic principles -- Requirements of a valid consent -- How should consent be given? -- Right to refuse treatment -- Taking one's own discharge. ; Definition of mental capacity under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- Hunger strikes -- Amputation of healthy limbs -- Defences to an action for trespass to the person -- Mental Capacity Act 2005 -- Mental Health Act 1983 -- Giving information to a patient prior to consent being obtained -- Non-therapeutic procedures -- Giving information to the terminally ill patient -- Notifying the patient of negligence by a colleague -- No decision about me, without me -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 8 Data protection: confidentiality and access -- Data Protection Act 1998 -- Data protection principles -- First data protection principle -- Duty of confidentiality -- Caldicott Guardians -- Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) -- Freedom of Information Act 2000 -- DNA databases -- Access to personal health records -- Access to Medical Reports Act 1988 -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 9 Record keeping, statements and evidence in court -- Record keeping -- Statements -- Evidence in court -- Defamation -- Internet -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 10 The nurse and employment law -- Human rights -- Contract of employment -- Statutory provisions covering employment -- Unfair dismissal -- Trade union rights -- Public and private employees -- Discrimination: The Equality and Human Rights Commission -- Equality Act 2010 -- Agenda for Change -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 11 The nurse as a registered professional -- Background to the establishment of the Nursing and Midwifery Council -- Nursing and Midwifery Council -- Registration and removal -- Professional standards and codes of practice -- Education and training -- Post-registration education and practice (PREP). ; Fitness to Practise Annual Report 2012-13 -- Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA) (formerly the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE)) -- NHS Improving Quality (formerly NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement) -- Framework for assessing national competence standards -- Health and Care Professions Council -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 12 Health and safety and the nurse -- Statutory provisions -- Corporate manslaughter and corporate homicide -- Common law duties: employer's duty -- Remedies available to an injured employee -- Special areas -- The future -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- Part II Specialist areas -- 13 Children and young persons -- Consent to treatment -- Child protection -- Parental care and the nurse -- Disciplining a child -- Education of children in hospital -- Children's trusts -- National Service Frameworks (NSFs) -- Adolescents -- Teenage sexuality -- Court proceedings and the child or young person -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 14 Midwifery -- Midwifery Committee -- Midwives' rules and code of practice -- Law relating to consent in midwifery care -- Liability of the mother for harm caused to the baby -- Taking the newly born into care -- Midwifery practice and standard of care -- Breastfeeding -- Cord blood collection -- Medicines and the midwife -- Congenital Disabilities (Civil Liability) Act 1976 -- Nurseries within midwifery departments -- Special care baby units -- Cot deaths -- Registration of births and stillbirths -- Use of fetal tissue and the placenta -- Record keeping and midwifery -- AIDS and the midwife -- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) -- National guidelines on midwifery practice -- Project 2020. ; Human Rights and birth -- Morecambe Bay NHS Trust -- Independent midwifery -- The future -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 15 The nurse on the gynaecology ward -- Abortion -- Sterilisation -- Female circumcision -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 16 Acute care -- Civil liability procedures and practices in theatre -- The theatre nurse and the scope of professional practice -- Accidents in the theatre -- Consent in the theatre -- Recovery room nursing -- Transfusions and blood contamination -- Organ transplantation -- Intensive care units: resource pressures -- Review of critical care services -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 17 Learning disabilities -- Acting in the best interests of a mentally incapacitated adult -- Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) (Bournewood) -- Carers -- Court of Protection and Code of Practice -- White Paper Valuing People -- Safeguarding vulnerable adults -- Sexual relations and related issues -- Property -- Direct payments -- Registration and inspections -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 18 Nurse educator and researcher -- NMC and standards in education -- Record keeping by teachers -- Liability for instructing others -- Hearing about unsound practices -- Employment law -- Legal aspects of research -- Health Research Authority (HRA) -- Confidentiality -- Consent -- Health Education England -- Conclusions -- Reflection questions -- Further exercises -- References -- 19 Legal aspects of the care of older people -- Rights to care -- National Service Framework for Older People -- Intermediate care -- Consent to treatment -- Force, restraint and assault -- Medication and the confused older patient -- Dementia -- Standard of care -- Risk management. ; Abuse of older people.
• Sommario/riassunto: Now in its seventh edition, Bridgit Dimond's Legal Aspects of Nursing is the definitive guide to the essential law that nurses and healthcare professionals need to know. Written in an engaging style, the book shows the application of the law to everyday nursing situations showing the relevance and importance of legal considerations to nursing practice. The book covers the legal system and legal issues relating to medicine in general, before examining more specific areas, such as children and the elderly.
• Titolo autorizzato: Legal aspects of nursing
• ISBN: 1-292-00182-8; 1-292-00185-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910151569603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Always learning.