Highlights of new or expanded legal and ethical content and other features in the third edition of Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics include the following:
- Staffing issues and ANA standards for staffing, and ANA Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice (2021) and implications for patient safety and liability
- Medication and other error reductions and safety initiatives
- Malpractice and other legal claims against nurses, and the effect of apology statutes for negligence or malpractice
- Electronic documentation, communication, transmission, and recordkeeping
- Regulatory processes including state board use of off-duty conduct in disciplinary proceedings, the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC), proposed APRN compact license, updated National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) recommendations, and national practitioner data banks
- Increased content regarding Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) practice, and case law involving APRNs
- Expansion of content on ethical considerations in areas such as assisted suicide and Medical Aid in Dying (MAID), contributing factors for moral distress in nursing practice, the nurse's role in climate change, patients' rights
- Incorporation of the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses (2015) throughout, and inclusion of many new ANA and professional nursing organization's position papers involving legal and ethical issues
- Revised information on reproductive rights, accessing medical records, confidentiality, social media guidelines, and disability rights
- Discussion of 20 additional law cases involving nurses and contemporary healthcare issues
- Inclusion of new federal and state laws affecting health care including the Pregnant Workers Protection Act (PWPA), the Health Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH), and the Federal Child Abuse and Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA)
- Update on processes, websites and other resources for basic legal research, and finding authoritative legal references by the law librarian contributor for the text
- An index of legal cases for easier access to case law within the text
- A glossary of legal terminology
- Expanded and updated online resources and scholarly references at the end of each chapter, including websites and research articles
- Compliance with Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) publication standards
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