Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics - Softcover

Westrick, Susan J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1284030202 ISBN 13: 9781284030204

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2013

Synopsis

An Updated and Authoritative Resource on Nursing Law and Ethics

The Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics, Second Edition focuses on the legal aspect of Nursing as it relates to patient safety and quality, environmental health and safety, error reduction and ethical boundaries of practice. Other timely topics include the appropriate use of social media by nursing staff.

The text is written by a nurse attorney who presents complex topics in an understandable manner while providing accurate and well researched content relevant to the practice. Extensive legal research by the author incorporates the most current relevant professional and legal references including case law. The text is uniquely organized into five major sections including: the law and nursing practice; liability in patient care; documentation issues; employment and the workplace; and ethics.


New to this Edition:

• Professional boundaries and use of social media
• Quality and safety initiatives in nursing practice, including Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) concepts and content, Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations
• Environmental health and safety, including equipment safety
• Staffing issues and implications for patient safety and liability
• Workplace issues including factors to consider when accepting assignments, horizontal violence
• Additional coverage on medication error reduction and safety initiatives
• Updated content on electronic documentation, communication, and recordkeeping
• Regulatory processes including state board use of off duty conduct in disciplinary proceedings, and data bank reporting, and remediation as an alternative to discipline
• Expansion of content on ethical considerations in areas such as assisted suicide, patients’ rights, and applying the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
• Moral distress and moral courage in ethical decision making
• Update on the processes for basic legal research

Key Features:
Test bank featuring NCLEX type questions and rationale
A glossary of legal terminology found within the text
A Table of Cases for easier access to case law
Expanded online resources and scholarly references included at the end of each chapter

About this title

About the Author

Susan J. Westrick, JD, MS, RN, CNE is a nurse attorney and professor of nursing at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, with nursing specialties in pediatric and adult health and teaching responsibilities in the undergraduate, and graduate programs including the online EdD nurse educator program. Professor Westrick specializes in legal and ethical issues related to nursing practice and healthcare,and has served as an expert witness in malpractice cases involving the standard of care, and the nurse’s duty to advocate for patients and to follow the chain of command. A frequent author and presenter on legal and nursing education issues, she has published two textbooks, several articles in nursing and healthcare journals, and book chapters. She is also a past president and board member of CT TAANA (Connecticut Chapter of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys), and a past member of the national TAANA’s education section committee.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1284030202
• ISBN 13: 9781284030204
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 388