Nursing Malpractice: Liability and Risk Management - Couverture souple

Sharpe, Charles C.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0865692866 ISBN 13 : 9780865692862

Editeur : Praeger Publishers Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Students and professional nurses at any level of clinical practice will find this book to be a vital resource on the basic legal concepts and principles of malpractice, liability, and risk management, and their implications for the profession. The book also provides detailed strategies for dealing with these issues. The content is also highly relevant to practitioners in all other health care and legal disciplines that collaborate in the delivery of health care.

Issues discussed include the expanding and evolving roles for professional nurses and the concomitant legal accountability and risk for liability, the increasing incidence of nurses named as defendants in malpractice lawsuits, anticipated changes in our health care delivery system, and breakthroughs in science and technology that will present new legal questions. The book also includes material on other important facets of today's nursing practice, including the growing phenomenon of tele-nursing, the essentials of malpractice insurance, and the legal significance of documentation and patients' medical records. It helps the reader identify the nurse at risk for a malpractice suit and the characteristics of the patient likely to sue. The appendices provide information on state laws concerned with access to medical records, a list of useful websites, a list of state boards of nursing, and a glossary of important terms.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

CHARLES C. SHARPE is a clinical nurse specialist who has been a member of the faculty of several nursing departments in colleges in southeastern Pennsylvania./e He is also a consultant who provides litigation support and research services for trial attorneys. Presently, he is an adjunct faculty member at the Lehigh-Carbon Community College and lecturer in the Paralegal and Continuing Education Programs.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Praeger Publishers Inc
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0865692866
• ISBN 13: 9780865692862
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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