Nursing Law for Students in Ireland

Download or read book Nursing Law for Students in Ireland written by Neil Van Dokkum and published by Gill Education. This book was released on 2011-04-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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