This convenient and comprehensive reference, written by expert nurse attorneys, untangles the legal dilemmas often encountered in contemporary nursing practice, such as nursing malpractice/negligence and liability, risk management, corporate compliance, employment law, business law, and dispute resolution as they relate to health care law and nursing practice.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. The Nurse and the Law: A Primer - Grant Paula DiMeo
• 2. Advanced Practice Nursing - Grant Paula DiMeo
• 3. Nursing Malpractice/Negligence and Liability - Grant Paula DiMeo
• 4. The Nurse and Documentation - Ballard Diana C.
• 5. Patient Rights and Ethical Considerations - Ballard Diana C.
• Appendix
• 6. Risk Management - Ballard Diana C.
• 7. Disasters and Public Health Emergencies - Ballard Diana C.
• 8. Organization and Corporate Law - Ballard Diana C.
• 9. Corporate Compliance - Ballard Diana C.
• 10. Laws Governing the Workplace - Grant Paula DiMeo
• 11. Anatomy of Civil and Criminal Trials - Grant Paula DiMeo
• APPENDIX: CIVIL CASE—MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
• 12. Dispute Resolution for Nurses - Grant Paula DiMeo
• Glossary