This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Nursing & the Law is the best known and most established health law textbook in Australia. The only law text written specifically for nurses, the 6th edition has been fully revised and updated, and includes and discusses current statutes and legislation for every state and territory. It retains many of the features that have kept this book at the forefront of nursing education and focuses on the legal responsibility of nurses in Australia. It provides students with an understanding of the application of basic legal principles to professional nursing practice.
Authored by Patricia Staunton and Mary Chiarella, this fully revised edition includes updates to case law and the latest information on nursing and midwifery governance and the professional regulation of nurses and midwives.
New To This Edition: All the chapters have been updated.
Up-to-date guidance on professional regulation, midwifery supervision, legal and ethical issues, risk management and clinical governance Recognises that midwives increasingly care for women with complex health needs, in a multicultural ...
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He has been assigned his patients for the day and is working with another registered nurse, Tiffany. Robert and Tiffany are working as a team with eight patients allocated to them. It is morning tea time and Tiffany is taking her break ...
The book covers the legal system and legal issues relating to medicine in general, before examining more specific areas, such as children and the elderly.
CLINICAL EXAMPLE Figure 19-1 Skin tear on Mr Bukowski's arm. Courtesy Wound Healing Community Outreach Service, Queensland University of Technology Mr Bukowski, aged 78 years, is a widower who lives at home; hisdaughterlives nearby.
This book walks you step-by-step through the whole research process so you can get up to speed understanding and doing your own research.
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