TY - BOOK AU - Helm,Ann ED - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. TI - Nursing malpractice: sidestepping legal minefields SN - 158255207X (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - KF2915.N83 N877 2003 U1 - 344.730414 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Philadelphia PB - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins KW - Nurses KW - Malpractice KW - United States KW - Local KW - Mal Practice KW - legislation & jurisprudence KW - Legal Cases KW - Legislation, Nursing KW - Nursing KW - Law and legislation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -