New edition of this popular textbook, which presents up-to-date legislation and legal issues affecting nurses in Ireland.
New to this edition:
Practice standards and professional guidance issued by An Bord Altranais, the Department of Health and Children and the HSE for the Registered Nurse Prescriber
Up-to-date leading Irish and UK cases are used throughout the text, such as Fitzpatrick & Another v FK & Another [2008] IEHC 104, which deals with capacity to refuse medical treatment
Written in an accessible narrative style, it covers the four areas of accountability affecting all nurses:
Professional liability
Civil liability
Criminal liability
Accountability to the employer
Where legal concepts or terminologies are used, they are thoroughly and clearly explained in a 'non-legal' manner
Each chapter contains a concluding summary, useful websites and further reading for research purposes
WRITTEN FOR
- Nursing students at universities and Institutes of Technology
- Post-registration programmes where law is a module
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ISBN-13
978-0-7171-4987-2 (9780717149872)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Neil Van Dokkum is a Law Lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology. He holds a primary degree in industrial sociology and commerce, and also holds an LLB and an LLM in Medical Jurisprudence. He currently specialises in medical law, child protection law and the law of evidence. He has published in many international journals and textbooks.
Part 1: Professional Liability
1. Statutory Developments
2. The Fitness to Practice Inquiry
3. The Registered Nurse Prescriber
Part 2: Civil Liability
4. Tort, Battery, Autonomy and Consent
5. Negligence and the Duty of Care
6. The Standard of Care
7. Damages and Causation
8. Informed Consent to Medical Treatment: Capacity to Consent
9. Disclosure - What the Patient Needs to Know
10. Voluntary Consent
Part 3: Criminal Liability
11. Basic Concepts of Criminal Law
12. Assault and Syringe Offences
13. Drugs
Part 4: Accountability to the Employer
14. The Contract of Employment
15. Vicarious Liability and the Nurse
16. Termination of the Employment Contract
