Nursing malpractice  sidestepping legal minefields 
Ann Helm, executive clinical editor. 
 - Philadelphia  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins  c2003. 
 - x, 246 p.  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Nursing practice and the law -- Medication errors -- Failure to communicate information -- Failure to document information -- Failure to perform a proper assessment -- Failure to protect -- Failure to perform reasonable patient care -- Breach of confidentiality -- Criminal actions -- Advocacy, ethics, and legal duties -- Legal risks of understaffing -- Surviving a lawsuit. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>158255207X (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002011858 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Nurses--Malpractice--United States.<br/>Mal Practice--legislation & jurisprudence--United States--Legal Cases.<br/>Legislation, Nursing--United States.--Legal Cases.<br/>Nursing--Law and legislation--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF2915.N83  / N877 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>344.730414  / N9745 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2003 C-017 WY 44 AA1  / N974 2003