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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
Preface xv
Contributors xvii
Acronyms xix
Part I The Law And Nursing Practice
Chapter 1 The Legal Environment
3(5)
Definition of Law
3(1)
Sources and Types of Law
3(1)
The Court System
4(1)
Procedural and Substantive Rights
5(1)
Lawsuits and Legal Processes
5(1)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
6(2)
Chapter 2 Regulation of Nursing Practice
8(5)
Licensure
8(1)
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
9(1)
Multistate Licensure and Mutual Recognition
9(1)
Nurse Practice Acts (NPAs)
10(1)
Interaction with Related Healthcare Practitioners
11(1)
Credentialing
11(1)
Challenges to Nursing Practice
11(1)
Criminal Background Check- Licensure Considerations
12(1)
Chapter 3 Nurses in Legal Actions
13(9)
Criminal Actions
14(1)
Administrative Law Actions
14(1)
Disciplinary Actions
14(1)
Investigation and Disciplinary Process
15(1)
Administrative Due Process/Appeal
15(1)
Reporting Disciplinary Actions
16(2)
Private or "Off-Duty" Conduct
18(1)
Remediation
18(1)
Rule-Bending Behavior
18(1)
Civil Actions
19(3)
Chapter 4 Standards of Care
22(4)
National Standard of Care Versus the Locality Rule
23(1)
How the Standard of Care Is Applied
23(1)
Nurse Practice Act
24(1)
Standards of Care in Specialties
24(1)
Majority Versus Minority Views
25(1)
Expert Witnesses
25(1)
Accreditation/Professional Standards
25(1)
Chapter 5 Defenses to Negligence or Malpractice
26(4)
Failure to Prove Elements of Claim
27(1)
Voluntary Release or Waiver of Claim
27(1)
Immunities
27(1)
Plaintiff's Negligence or Conduct
28(1)
Procedural Defenses
29(1)
Chapter 6 Prevention of Malpractice
30(7)
Physician or Other Medical Provider's Orders
30(1)
Independent Duty
31(1)
Documentation of Care
32(1)
Delegation of Tasks
32(1)
Medication and Transcription Errors
33(1)
Professional Responsibility and Limitations
33(1)
Communication with Patients
33(1)
Proper Use of Equipment
33(1)
Performing Nursing Procedures
34(1)
Difficult Patients
35(1)
Risk Management
35(1)
Continuing Education
35(2)
Chapter 7 Nurses as Witnesses
37(5)
Fact Witnesses
37(1)
Expert Witnesses
38(1)
Qualification as an Expert Witness
39(1)
Testimony in Criminal Cases
40(1)
Witness to Documents
40(2)
Chapter 8 Professional Liability Insurance
42(6)
Types of Policies
43(1)
Policy Provisions and Coverage
43(1)
Responsibilities of the Insured
44(1)
Rights of the Insured
44(1)
Reasons to Obtain Individual Professional Liability Insurance
44(1)
Effect of an Individual Liability Policy
45(3)
Chapter 9 Accepting or Refusing an Assignment/Patient Abandonment
48(10)
Legal and Ethical Framework
49(1)
Factors to Consider in Accepting or Refusing an Assignment
50(1)
Acceptance of Assignment with Reservation or Despite Objection
51(1)
Avoiding Charges of Patient Abandonment
52(1)
Cross-Training and Floating
53(1)
Understaffing and Patient Safety
54(1)
ANA Safe Staffing Initiative
55(3)
Chapter 10 Delegation to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
58(9)
Legal Framework for Delegation
59(1)
Guidelines/Situations for Delegation
60(1)
The Process of Effective Delegation
60(1)
Liability Issues in Delegation
61(1)
Case Law Related to Delegation and Working with Unlicensed Staff
62(5)
Part I Review Questions
67(6)
Part II Liability In Patient Care
Chapter 11 Patients' Rights and Responsibilities
73(4)
Sources of Patients' Rights
74(1)
Mental Health Services
75(1)
ANA Code for Protecting Patients' Rights
75(1)
Statutory Law
76(1)
Chapter 12 Confidential Communication
77(8)
Legal and Ethical Framework
78(1)
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
78(1)
Privacy and Confidentiality in Situations Involving Sensitive Patient Information
79(1)
Disclosure Permitted
80(1)
Disclosure Not Permitted
81(1)
Consequences of Disclosure of Confidential Information
82(1)
Confidentiality in an Era of Information Technology
82(1)
Best Practices to Comply with HIPAA and Privacy Laws
83(2)
Chapter 13 Competency and Guardianship
85(5)
Presumption of Competence
86(1)
Determining Competency
86(1)
Guardianship Process/Determination of Competency
86(2)
Situations Where Guardians May be Present
88(1)
Implementing Procedures Related to Competency, Consent, and Guardianship
88(2)
Chapter 14 Informed Consent
90(8)
Accreditation and Regulatory Standards
90(2)
Obtaining Consent
92(1)
Witnessing Consent
93(1)
Lack of Consent: The Nurse's Responsibility
93(1)
Emergency Exception to Informed Consent
93(1)
Incompetent Patients
94(1)
Limitations to Informed Consent
94(1)
Special Informed Consent
94(1)
Religion
95(1)
Minors
95(3)
Chapter 15 Refusal of Treatment
98(4)
Right to Refuse Treatment-Generally
99(1)
Patient Self-Determination Act
99(1)
Patients' Bill of Rights
99(1)
Informed Consent
99(1)
Assessment of Patient's Competence
99(1)
Minors
100(1)
Informed Refusal
101(1)
Chapter 16 Pain Control
102(4)
Sources for Standards
103(1)
Pain Defined
103(1)
Assessment
103(1)
Treatment
103(1)
Postoperative Pain
104(1)
Liability Issues
104(2)
Chapter 17 Patient Teaching and Health Counseling
106(5)
Legal and Ethical Framework
106(1)
Principles of Patient Teaching
107(1)
Teaching in Various Settings and Circumstances
107(2)
Minimizing Risks of Liability from Patient Teaching
109(2)
Chapter 18 Medication Administration
111(16)
Standards Related to Medication Safety and Error Reporting
112(2)
Liability Issues
114(2)
Case Law Involving Administration of Medications
116(6)
Disciplinary Action by the State Board of Nursing
122(1)
Risk Management Considerations
122(1)
Error Reduction Through Technological Advances
123(4)
Chapter 19 Clients with AIDS and HIV Testing
127(4)
Confidentiality
128(1)
Warning Known Partners
128(1)
Informed Consent for HIV Testing
128(1)
Exceptions to Informed Consent
129(1)
Mandatory Testing
129(1)
Americans with Disabilities Act
129(1)
Duty to Treat HIV Patients
130(1)
Chapter 20 Abusive Situations
131(4)
Child Abuse
131(1)
Elders and Vulnerble Adults
132(2)
Partner Abuse
134(1)
Chapter 21 Reproductive Services
135(4)
Abortion
135(2)
Minors and Treatment for Sexually Transmitted Diseases
137(1)
Sexual Assault
137(1)
Emergency Contraception
137(2)
Chapter 22 Restraints
139(4)
Federal Regulation
140(1)
Indications
140(1)
Initial Order
140(1)
Evaluation and Monitoring
140(1)
Documentation
141(1)
Staff Training
141(1)
Death Reporting
141(1)
Informed Consent
142(1)
Liability
142(1)
Chapter 23 Emergency Psychiatric Admissions
143(5)
Patient Rights Versus Risk of Harm
144(1)
Clinical Criteria for Determining Danger
144(1)
Legal Basis
144(1)
Legal Causes of Action
145(3)
Chapter 24 Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation
148(8)
Legislation
149(1)
Donation Network and Organ Procurement Organization
150(1)
Agency Protocols
150(1)
Donation Process
151(1)
Consent for Donation
151(1)
Liability Related to Consent
152(2)
Matching Donors and Recipients
154(1)
Procuring the Organ
155(1)
Chapter 25 Discharge Against Medical Advice
156(5)
Patients' Rights
157(1)
Predictors
157(1)
Nurse's Role
157(1)
Provider Liability
158(1)
Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act
159(2)
Part II Review Questions
161(8)
Part III Documentation And Regulatory Compliance
Chapter 26 The Medical Record and Documentation Standards
169(6)
Review of Medical Records
169(1)
A Complete Record
170(1)
Nursing Considerations
170(2)
Objective Documentation
172(1)
Medical Abbreviations
172(1)
Correcting Mistakes in Documentation
172(1)
Maintain Professionalism in Documentation
172(1)
Charting by Exception
172(1)
Quality and Performance Measurement and Improvement
173(1)
Authorized Access to Medical Records
173(1)
Retention Requirements
173(2)
Chapter 27 Electronic Health Information and Communications
175(8)
Legal Framework-Federal and State Protections
176(1)
Liability for Unauthorized Disclosure of Medical Information
177(1)
Authenticating Entries-Electronic Signatures
177(1)
Data Inaccuracies
178(1)
Maintaining Security of Electronic Health Information
178(1)
Preventing Unauthorized Access/Audit Trails
179(1)
Litigation Involving Electronic Recording or Transmission of Health or Workplace Information
179(4)
Chapter 28 Interdependent Nursing Functions: Verbal Orders and Telenursing
183(4)
Verbal Orders
183(1)
Chain of Command: Questioning a Physician's Orders
184(1)
Telenursing
185(1)
Legal Consideration: Nursing License
185(2)
Chapter 29 Event Reporting and Compliance
187(6)
Defining Adverse Events
187(1)
Reporting Procedures
188(1)
Definition of Sentinel Events
189(1)
External Reporting: Mandatory Reporting
189(1)
Accreditation Reporting
189(1)
Patient Disclosure
190(1)
Medical Device Reporting
190(1)
Confidentiality
191(1)
Documentation of Incident
191(2)
Chapter 30 Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice
193(12)
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Reports
193(2)
Culture of Safety and Error Disclosure
195(1)
Failure to Rescue, Surveillance, and Rapid Response Teams
196(1)
Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals
197(1)
Case Examples
197(3)
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
200(1)
National Quality Forum
200(1)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
200(1)
Additional Federal Agencies
201(1)
Institute for Safe Medication Practices
201(1)
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
201(1)
Additional Strategies to Improve Safety Performance
202(3)
Chapter 31 Forensic Issues
205(4)
Documentation
206(1)
Evidence Collection
206(1)
Evidence Preservation
207(1)
Suspected Drug Abuse or Possession
207(1)
Accident or Trauma Incidents
207(1)
Testimony
207(2)
Part III Review Questions
209(6)
Part IV Employment And The Workplace
Chapter 32 Employer and Employee Rights
215(8)
Employment at Will
216(1)
Statutory Regulation and Protection
216(3)
Health Benefits
219(1)
Protection from Discrimination
220(1)
Collective Rights
221(2)
Chapter 33 Contracts
223(4)
Elements of a Contract
224(1)
Types of Contracts
224(1)
Defenses to Contract Enforcement
224(1)
Termination of the Contract
224(1)
Remedies for Breach of Contract
225(1)
Nurses and Contract Law
225(2)
Chapter 34 Corporate Liability
227(5)
Responsibility for Supervision of Quality of Patient Care
228(1)
Corporate Liability for Acts of Employees
228(1)
Duty Regarding Selection and Retention of Employees
229(1)
Duty to Provide Adequate and Safe Equipment
230(1)
Duty to Maintain Safe Premises
230(1)
Duty to Adopt and Follow Proper Regulations and Safety Procedures
230(1)
Nurses' Risks and Remedies
231(1)
Chapter 35 Employment Contracts and Unionization
232(4)
Contractual Employee
232(1)
Employment-at-Will Doctrine
233(1)
Exceptions to the Employment-at-Will Doctrine
233(1)
Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements
233(1)
Representation of Nurses
234(1)
Staff Nurses as Supervisors
234(1)
Grievances
235(1)
Chapter 36 Employment Status Liability
236(5)
Vicarious Liability Theories
236(1)
Independent Contractors
237(1)
Employment Relationship/Setting Liability
237(4)
Chapter 37 Staffing Issues and Floating
241(4)
Employer's Right to Assign Nurses According to Staffing Needs
241(1)
The Nurse Should Be Qualified for the Assignment
242(1)
The Employer Must Be Put on Notice If the Nurse Is Not Qualified
242(1)
Case Law Involving Floating and Reassignment
243(1)
Patient Safety Comes First
244(1)
Exceptions to the Employer's Right to Float Nurses
244(1)
Chapter 38 Americans with Disabilities Act
245(5)
Covered Disabilities and Reasonable Accommodations
246(1)
How the ADA Affects Nurses as Employees in the Pre-employment Phase
247(1)
How the ADA Affects Nurses as Employees
247(1)
Public Accommodations in the Healthcare Setting
247(1)
How the Act Affects Nurses as Healthcare Providers
247(1)
Remedies for Noncompliance
248(2)
Chapter 39 Employees with AIDS/HIV Infection and Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens
250(5)
Regulatory Controls
251(1)
Occupational Exposure
251(1)
Nurses' Rights with a Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure
252(1)
Nurses' Rights as Employees to Confidentiality
253(1)
Americans with Disabilities Act
253(1)
The HIV-Infected Nurse
253(1)
Agency HIV Policies
254(1)
Chapter 40 Impaired Nurses
255(9)
Definition of Impairment/Abuse
256(1)
Incidence and Etiology
256(1)
Current Attitudes and Focus
256(1)
Identification of an Impaired Nurse
257(1)
Ethical and Legal Obligations
257(1)
Case Law and Legal Claims
258(4)
Effective Programs
262(1)
Costs and Consequences
262(2)
Chapter 41 Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
264(6)
Sources of Protection
265(1)
Definitions and Types
265(1)
Employer's Liability
266(2)
Steps to Take When Sexual Harassment Occurs
268(1)
Remedies for Successful Claims
268(1)
Prevention
268(2)
Chapter 42 Violence in the Workplace
270(6)
Suspected Violence Against a Patient
271(1)
Violence by Healthcare Practitioners Against a Patient
271(1)
Violence Against Healthcare Workers
271(1)
Horizontal Violence and Bullying
272(1)
Protecting Workers-Organizational/Legislative Responses
273(1)
Violence in the Community
274(1)
Suspected Drug Possession
274(1)
Documentation and Reporting
274(1)
Risk Management and Strategies to Minimize Violence
274(2)
Chapter 43 Intentional Torts
276(6)
Intentional Torts
277(2)
Quasi-Intentional Torts
279(1)
Damages and Liability
280(2)
Chapter 44 Environmental Health and Safety
282(7)
Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OHSA)
282(1)
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
283(1)
Ergonomic Safety and Safe Patient Handling Campaigns
283(1)
Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Drugs and Substances
284(3)
Green and Other Environmental Initiatives
287(2)
Part IV Review Questions
289(8)
Part V Ethics
Chapter 45 Ethical Decision Making
297(7)
Nurse's Role
297(1)
Ethical Principles
298(1)
Ethical Framework for Practice
299(1)
Professional Boundaries and Relationships with Patients
300(1)
Case Law Involving Ethical Issues
300(4)
Chapter 46 Professional Boundaries and Patient Relationships
304(6)
Code of Ethics
305(1)
National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN)
305(1)
State Boards of Nursing
306(1)
Examples of Typical Boundary Crossings
307(1)
Case Example: BON Discipline
307(1)
Educational Programs
308(2)
Chapter 47 Moral Courage and Patient Advocacy
310(6)
Legal and Ethical Framework
311(1)
Patient Advocacy and Moral Distress
311(1)
Ethical Drift
312(1)
Moral Courage
312(1)
Strategies to Foster and Promote Moral Courage
312(1)
Inhibitors of Moral Courage
313(1)
Case Law Examples
313(3)
Chapter 48 Social Media and Online Professionalism
316(7)
Benefits and Risks of Social Media
316(1)
Consequences of Misuse of Social Media
317(2)
Nursing Students, Clinical Experiences, and Internet Postings
319(2)
Strategies to Preserve Online Professionalism
321(2)
Chapter 49 Reporting Illegal, Unethical, or Unsafe Conduct
323(8)
Legal and Ethical Framework for Duty to Report
324(1)
Case Law Involving an Ethical or Legal Duty to Report
324(4)
Consequences of Not Reporting
328(1)
Steps to Ensure Proper Reporting
329(1)
Risks of Reporting Illegal or Unethical Conduct
330(1)
Fulfilling Professional Responsibility
330(1)
Chapter 50 Maternal and Fetal Rights
331(6)
Rights of the Unborn Child and the Mother
332(1)
Diminished Maternal Rights: Case Law on Maternal Right to Refuse Cesarean Section
333(1)
Research on Pregnant Women
333(1)
Drug Abuse
334(1)
AIDS
334(1)
Medical Viewpoints
335(2)
Chapter 51 Futility of Care
337(4)
Defining Futile Treatment
338(1)
Self-Determination Versus Futility
338(1)
Who Decides
339(1)
Using Ethics to Allocate Medical Care
340(1)
Chapter 52 Advance Directives and End-of-Life Decisions
341(8)
Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
342(1)
Living Will
342(1)
Advance Directives for Health Care
343(1)
Psychiatric Advance Directives
343(1)
Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR) and Allow-Natural-Death (AND) Orders
344(1)
Perioperative Setting DNR Orders
344(1)
Nurse's Role
344(1)
Termination of Life Support
345(1)
Surrogates
346(1)
Liability
346(3)
Chapter 53 Assisted Suicide
349(4)
State Interest in Preserving Life
349(1)
Distinguishing Assisted Suicide from Personal Autonomy
350(1)
Protection Against Claims
350(1)
Arguments Against Permitting Physician-Assisted Suicide
351(1)
Nurse's Role
351(1)
Conflicting Professional Views
352(1)
Part V Review Questions
353(5)
Appendix A Basic Legal Research 358(8)
Susan J. Clerc
How to Read a Legal Citation
358(2)
How to Search
360(1)
Where to Search
361(1)
Reading a Case Found Online
362(4)
Glossary of Legal Terms 366(6)
Case Index 372(3)
Index 375
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.