Nurse managers and educators listen up! It's your responsibility to teach others how to apply knowledge of the law in everyday clinical situations. That means you yourself must have a thorough understanding of legal issues like:
You're a nurse not a lawyer—we understand
It's time to turn to the one and only resource that makes it easy to understand the legal responsibilities that can complicate your work: A Practical Guide to Legal Issues: Skills for Nurse Managers.
In simple terms learn only what you need to know about the law
You didn't become a nurse because you enjoy studying law. That's why A Practical Guide to Legal Issues: Skills for Nurse Managers breaks down and translates confusing legal jargon into plain English. It's the must-have guide that makes comprehending legal information as painless as possible and offers:
- Actual cases to which you can relate
- Practical tips to decrease liability
- Effective strategies to protect yourself and your license
- Plain-English explanations of the law
- All-encompassing advice on how to deal with pertinent legal issues
- Step-by-step instruction on the employment process
Plus, the easy-to-read format allows you to recognize areas of improvement quickly so you can protect your facility from risk and focus your time and energy on the one thing that matters most—delivering safe, high-quality patient care.
Sample topics include:
- Learning the language of the law
—What is legal precedent?
—What is jurisdiction? - The law that governs nursing
—Differences between negligence and malpractice - Practical applications of the law
—Case law
—Standards of care
—Restraints and seclusion
—Use of fetal heart monitors
—Addressing staffing shortages
—Mandatory overtime policies
—Professional liability insurance - Avoiding illegal discrimination
- Liability and the hiring process
- The legal significance of policies and procedures
- Consistent and fair disciplinary actions
- Universal nursing liability risks
- Practice-specific liability issues
—Emergency room
—Psychiatric and mental health
—Obstetrics - The liability risks of the nursing shortage
- Protecting yourself and your license
You also get documents, forms, and other tools you can implement immediately!
About the Author
Dinah Brothers, RN, JD, is a staff attorney for the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners in Austin. In this position, Ms. Brothers litigates cases against physicians for failure to practice medicine within the appropriate standard of care, for sexually inappropriate behavior with patients, and for intemperate drug and alcohol use. Prior to becoming an attorney, she worked as a nurse for ten years. Her nursing experience includes psychiatric and mental health nursing, nursing management, and nursing education. She was instrumental in opening a new psychiatric facility in west Texas and in securing the hospital's initial accreditation by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
Learning Objectives
- Define nursing malpractice
- Discuss the legal definition of the standard of care
- Distinguish between nursing malpractice and negligence
- List the legal requirements of Title VII
- Explain how Title VII is applied by the courts
- Describe the legal components of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Analyze how the Americans with Disabilities Act is applied in court
- Describe the four major steps in the hiring process
- Evaluate a job applicant's qualifications within the boundaries of the law
- Explain the legal significance of hospital policies and procedures
- Discuss how hospital policies and procedures are applied in court
- Explain the four steps of progressive discipline
- List the legally defensible steps that can be taken to terminate an employee
- Implement the termination process in a confidential and respectful manner
- Discuss the role of adequate communication in safe patient care
- Describe the legal responsibility involved in protecting patients from unsafe persons
- Identify the liability issues facing emergency room nurses
- Discuss liability issues in the care of psychiatric and mental health patients
- Describe the high degree of liability in caring for obstetrical patients
- Identify the liability risks associated with the nursing shortage
- Explain how courts determine that inadequate staffing exists
- Define patient abandonment in the context of the nursing shortage
- Discuss the reasons to purchase personal liability insurance
- Recognize the role of administrative law in regulating professional licenses
- Recognize the role of administrative law in regulating professional licenses
Accreditation Statement
This educational activity for three nursing contact hours is provided by HCPro, Inc. HCPro, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
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