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Liability issues in perinatal nursing / Donna Miller Rostant, Rebecca F. Cady.
- Title
- Liability issues in perinatal nursing / Donna Miller Rostant, Rebecca F. Cady.
- Author
- Rostant, Donna Miller.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Lippincott, c1999.
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| Text | Request in advance | KF2915.N83 R67 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxii, 346 p.; 28 cm.
- Summary
- Inside this comprehensive reference, you'll find in-depth coverage of the liability risks common to obstetric and neonatal settings. From the basics of healthcare law and its relation to clinical practice, to detailed discussions aimed at specific liability challenges, this resource prepares you for the professional and legal responsibilities of today's perinatal nursing.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Legislation.
- Nurses Instruction.
- Note
- At head of title: AWHONN, Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. The Law in General. 1. Sources and Classification of Law / Donna Miller Rostant. 2. Theories of Liability / Rebecca F. Cady. 3. Defining the Standard of Care / Patricia Fedorka. 4. Professional Negligence and Nursing Malpractice / Davia Solomon and Rebecca F. Cady. 5. Trial Process / Mable Smith-Pittman -- Pt. II. Specific Perinatal Liability Issues. 6. Scope of Perinatal Liability / Barbara Peterson Sinclair and Davia Solomon. 7. Critical Care Obstetrics / Suzanne McMurtry Baird. 8. Assessment of the Patient in Labor / Susan B. Drummond. 9. Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring and Interpretation / Michelle Murray and Donna Miller Rostant. 10. The Use of Pitocin in Labor / Debi Law. 11. Care of the Neonate: Nursery, Resuscitation, and Transfer Issues / Kimberly E. Carr. 12. Telephone Triage and the Office Nurse / Rebecca F. Cady. 13. Home Health and Ambulatory Nursing Liabilities / Diana C. Ballard -- Pt. III. Miscellaneous Liability Issues.
- 14. Patient Rights / Mary Catherine Rubert. 15. Informed Consent / Carolyn Harris, Carolyn Curtis and Pamela Copeland. 16. The HIV-Positive Patient / Barbara Peterson Sinclair. 17. Liability Concerns in Perinatal Staffing / Pamela J. Reidy and Christine Sullivan. 18. Documentation / Trish King-Urbanski and Rebecca F. Cady. 19. Liability of the Nurse Educator / Jan M. Nick and Lois L. Salmeron. 20. Nurse-Physician Communication / Christine A. Sullivan and Mary A. Bowden -- Pt. IV. Contemporary Perinatal Nursing. 21. The Nurse as an Expert Witness / Paula DiMeo Grant. 22. Professional Liability Insurance / Paula Lashenske Burgess and Beverly Butler Karasick. 23. Advanced Practice Nursing / Teresa Dossey James. 24. Computer Technologies: Legal and Practice Issues / Cathy Beffa.
- ISBN
- 0397552769
- LCCN
- 98027994
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries