Chapter  1  The Legal Environment
Chapter  2  Regulation of Nursing Practice
Chapter  3  Nurses in Legal Actions
Chapter  4  Standards of care
Chapter  5  Defenses to Negligence or Malpractice
Chapter  6  Prevention of Malpractice
Chapter  7  Nurses as Witnesses
Chapter  8  Professional Liability Insurance
Chapter  9  Refusing an Assignment/ Patient Abandonment
Chapter  10  Delegation to Unlicensed Assistive Personnel
Chapter  11  Patient’s Rights and Responsibilities
Chapter  12  Confidential Communication
Chapter  13  Competency and Guardianship
Chapter  14  Informed Consent
Chapter  15  Refusal of Treatment
Chapter  16  Pain Control
Chapter  17  Patient Teaching and Health Counseling
Chapter  18  Medication Administration
Chapter  19  Client with AIDS and HIV Testing
Chapter  20  Abusive Situations
Chapter  21  Reproductive Services
Chapter  22  Restraints
Chapter  23  Emergency Psychiatric Admissions
Chapter  24  Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation
Chapter  25  Discharge Against Medical Advice
Chapter  26  The Medical Record
Chapter  27  Electronic Health Information and Communication
Chapter  28  Interdependent Nursing Functions: Verbal Orders and Telenursing
Chapter  29  Event Reporting
Chapter  30  Forensic Issues
Chapter  31  Employer and Employee Rights
Chapter  32  Contracts
Chapter  33  Corporate Liability
Chapter  34  Employment Contracts and Unionization
Chapter  35  Employment Status Liability
Chapter  36  Staffing Issues and Floating
Chapter  37  Americans with Disabilities Act
Chapter  38  Employee with AIDS/HIV Infection and Exposure to Blood Bourne Pathogens
Chapter  39  Impaired Nurses
Chapter  40  Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
Chapter  41  Violence in the Workplace
Chapter  42  Intentional Torts
Chapter  43  Ethical Decision-Making
Chapter  44  Reporting Illegal, Unethical, or Unsafe Conduct
Chapter  45  Maternal versus Fetal Rights
Chapter  46  Futility of Care
Chapter  47  Advance Directives and End of Life Decisions
Chapter  48  Assisted Suicide