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020 ^a9781284030204 (paperback)
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060 4 ^aWY33^bW538 2014
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100 1 ^aWestrick, Susan J.
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245 10 ^aEssentials of nursing law and ethics /^cSusan J. Westrick
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250 ^a2nd ed.
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260 ^aBurlington, Massachusetts :^bJones & Bartlett Learning,^c2014.
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300 ^axix, 388 pages :^billustrations ;^c26 cm
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504 ^aIncludes bibliographical references and index
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505 0 ^aThe legal environment -- Regulation of nursing practice --Nurses in legal actions -- Standards of care -- Defensesto negligence or malpractice -- Prevention of malpractice-- Nurses as witnesses -- Professional liability insurance-- Accepting or refusing an assignment/patient abandonment-- Delegation to unlicensed assistive personnel --Patients^' rights and responsibilities -- Confidential communication -- Competency and guardianship -- Informed consent -- Refusal of treatment -- Pain control -- Patientteaching and health counseling -- Medicationadministration -- Clients with AIDS and HIV testing --Abusive situations -- Reproductive services -- Restraints-- Emergency psychiatric admissions -- Organ and tissuedonation and transplantation -- Discharge against medicaladvice -- The medical record and documentation standards -- Electronic health information and communications --Interdependent nursing functions: verbal orders and telenursing -- Event reporting and compliance -- Qualityand safety in nursing practice -- Forensic issues --Employer and employee rights -- Contracts -- Corporateliability -- Employment contracts and unionization --Employment status liability -- Staffing issues andfloating -- Americans with Disabilities Act -- Employees with AIDS/HIV infection and exposure to bloodborne pathogens -- Impaired nurses -- Sexual harassment in the workplace -- Violence in the workplace -- Intentionaltorts -- Environmental health and safety -- Ethicaldecision making -- Professional boundaries and patient relationships -- Moral courage and patient advocacy --Social media and online professionalism -- Reporting illegal, unethical, or unsafe conduct -- Maternal versusfetal rights -- Futility of care -- Advance directives andend-of-life decisions -- Assisted suicide
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650 0 ^aNursing ethics
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650 0 ^aNursing^xLaw and legislation^zUnited States
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650 12 ^aLegislation, Nursing^zUnited States
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650 22 ^aEthics, Nursing^zUnited States
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999 ^asunisa
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