Ethical and Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice
Ethical and Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice
Order Description
Professional Liability Insurance
Go to your employer and ask whether nurses are allowed or encouraged to obtain their own personal liability insurance? If yes or no, what are your feelings in regards
to their answer.
Do you have personal liability insurance?
Patient Abandonment / Assignment Refusal
What are your thoughts on both subjects? What warrants you as a nurse to refuse an assignment? What steps would you take to ensure patient safety and to keep your
license free and clear? What is the difference between patient abandonment and assignment refusal?
Delegation
What makes delegation successful and what make it unsuccessful? What system do you use for successful delegation?
List steps that you use to ensure successful delegation.
In reference to Patient's Rights and Responsibilities, describe a situation where the patient went against the patients R&R, what was the outcome, and how could it
have been prevented?
textbook:Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics.
Westrick, S.J. & Dempski, K (2019)
Jones & Bartlett Publishers; 1 edition (November 20, 2008