legal aspects of nursing

Report on
Legal Aspects of Nursing

Institute Of Management and Technology

Prepared By: Kamran Khan Roll No. Smba 13025 Sec-A

TERMINOLOGIES

Abuse
Crimes
Fraud
Violence
Assault
Defamation
Law
Battery
Delegation
Malpractice
Contracts
Document
Negligence
Contracts
Float
Torts

CONTENTS

1. Introduction-4
2. General Legal Concepts of Nursing-5 to 9
3. Legal Aspect Regarding Restraints-9
4. Regulation of Nursing Practice-10
5. Contractual Arrangements in Nursing-10 to 11
6. Selected Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice-11 to 13
7. Areas of Potential Liability in Nursing-13 to 14
8. Legal Protection in Nursing Practice-14
9. Reporting Crimes, Torts, and Unsafe Practices-14 to 15
10. Legal Responsibilities of Nursing Students-15 to 16
11. Research on nurses ‘knowledge of legal aspects of nursing in Nigeria.-17 to 27
12. References-28
13. Document Outline-29

Introduction

Legal Aspects of Nursing

As a nurse it has become an important necessity to be aware of the legal aspects associated with caring and helping people in the health industry today. Unfortunately, the more and more negligence cases there are the less and less people want to get into the health care field fearing legal aspects and the inevitable law suites. The first nursing law created was that of nursing registration in 1903. The Tort Law is the legal aspects of the law that most nurses are more familiar with. This is the law that involved malpractice and negligence cases which many nurses

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