Nursing scope of practice -- Overview of the legal system -- Informed consent -- Negligence -- Confidentiality -- Surrogate decision-making -- End-of-life care -- Maintaining and documenting compliance.
Summary
Nurse's Law provides nursing students and practicing professional nurse with practical guidance concerning prevailing laws, regulations, and considerations in nursing practice. Using a case-based, question-and-answer format, the authors present and illustrate the legal context for nursing practice.
Note
Online resource; title from resource home page (R2 Digital Library, viewed July 6, 2017).