The evidence-based nursing guide to legal and professional issue / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. - viii, 440 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references , index and glossary

Law and the legal process --
Patient's rights --
Nurses' rights --
Lawsuits and the legal process --
Legal risks on the job --
Legal rights off duty --
Documentation and the law --
Ethics versus the law --
Ethical conflicts in nursing practice.

Evidence should be the basis of all nursing practice and action. This book was written to provide nurses with guidelines for evidence-based nursing care.

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Nursing--Laws and legislations--United States.
Legislation, Nursing--United States.
Ethics, Nursing--United States.
Legislation, Nursing--United States.

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