Tonia Aiken's reorganized and expanded 2nd edition retains its user-friendly, practical approach, and provides
all the features nursing educators and students rely on for comprehensive legal and ethical advice. This edition
includes new chapters on risk management and conflict management, new critical-thinking features, more emphasis
on ethical issues, and it examines the role of the nurse in the political process.
KEY FEATURES
New chapters on risk management and conflict management
Chapters include five new features to promote critical thinking: "In a Nutshell," "Keep in Mind,"
"What Would You Do," "Ethics in Practice," and "Afterthoughts: Questions for Discussion"
More emphasis on ethical issues and the role of the nurse in the political process
New information on the impaired colleague, the role of the advanced practice nurse, organ donation, advance
directives, medical disclosure panels, right-to-die cases, and disciplinary insurance
Expanded information on the use and supervision of unlicensed assistive personnel, case management, documentation,
common documentation errors, and documenting using critical paths
Case examples of ethical dilemmas from different areas of nursing, including pediatrics, geriatrics, home health,
and living will/DNR
Table of Contents
Part 1: Nursing Practice
1. Nursing Practice
2. Standards of Care
Part 2: Nursing and the Law
3. The Law
4. Lobbying
Part 3: Nursing Ethics
5. Ethics in Nursing
Part 4: Liability in Professional Practice
6. Intentional and Quasi-Intentional Torts
7. Common Areas of Negligence and Liability
8. Documentation and the Nurse
9. Electronic Documentation
10. Risk Management
11. Informed Consent
12. Facility Liability
13. Liability of the Nurse Manager
14. The Nurse and the Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
15. The Expert
16. Professional Liability Insurance
Part 5: Professional Issues
17. The Nurse and the Contract
18. Conflict Management and the Nurse
