Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
- Chapters on risk management and conflict management
- Chapters include five features that promote critical thinking: "In a Nutshell," "Keep in Mind," "What Would You Do," "Ethics in Practice," and "Afterthoughts: Questions for Discussion"
- Emphasizes ethical issues and the role of the nurse in the political process
- Covers the impaired colleague, the role of the advanced practice nurse, organ donation, advance directives, medical disclosure panels, right-to-die cases, and disciplinary insurance
- Expanded information on the use and supervision of unlicensed assistive personnel, case management, documentation, common documentation errors, and documenting using critical paths
- Case examples of ethical dilemmas from different areas of nursing, including pediatrics, geriatrics, home health, and living will/DNR
Synopsis
Tonia Aiken's text takes a user-friendly, practical approach, and provides all the features nursing educators and students rely on for comprehensive legal and ethical advice. It includes chapters on risk management and conflict management, critical-thinking features, an emphasis on ethical issues, and examines the role of the nurse in the political process. After reading this, the healthcare professional will be better informed and prepared in dealing with legal issues. Educators will find this a useful tool for the classroom. -- Volume 26, No. 3, May/June 2004 issue of the Journal for Healthcare Quality.
Table of Contents
Ch. 1. Nursing practice -- Ch. 2. Standards of care -- Ch. 3. The law -- Ch. 4. Lobbying -- Ch. 5. Ethics in nursing -- Ch. 6. Intentional and quasi-intentional torts -- Ch. 7. Common areas of negligence and liability -- Ch. 8. Documentation and the nurse -- Ch. 9. Electronic documentation -- Ch. 10. Risk management -- Ch. 11. Informed consent -- Ch. 12. Facility liability: employment issues -- Ch. 13. Liability of the nurse manager -- Ch. 14. The nurse and the medical malpractice lawsuit -- Ch. 15. The expert -- Ch. 16. Professional liability insurance -- Ch. 17. The nurse and the contract -- Ch. 18. Conflict management and the nurse.