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Publications by Subject: General Nursing Topics

Publications by Subject: General Nursing Topics

Accountability / Liability / Communication / Confidentiality / Privacy / Consent /
Documentation / Negligence / Patient Safety / Telephone Advice

Accountability / Liability

Accountability, Responsibility, Liability article
Reduced Resources and Liability Risks article
Delegation to Other Health Care Workers infoLAW
Professional Liability During the Shortage article
Managing Legal Risks in Preceptorships article
Professional Liability Protection in a Pandemic briefing note
The Nurse as an Advocate infoLAW

Vicarious Liability infoLAW
Case Study 4: Liability when assigning duties to an inexperienced staff nurse
Case Study 5: Delegation of duties formerly performed by a Community Health Nurse to a Registered Practical Nurse
Is There a Risk in Being a Good Samaritan? article
Supervision infoLAW

Communication

Case Study 12: Communicating a patient's wishes concerning treatment
The Nurse as an Advocate infoLAW
Emergency Room Closures infoLAW

Confidentiality / Privacy

Confidentiality of Health Information infoLAW
Release of Confidential Information to the Police article
Privilege infoLAW
Occupational Health transfer of Records article
Case Study 11: Employees accessing personal health records for personal reasons
Case Study 13
Social Media infoLAW

New Developments in Privacy Law article
Case Study 7: Consequences of a virus infecting a health centre's computers
CNPS Privacy Code
Privacy infoLAW
Occupational Health Nursing infoLAW
Privacy and Electronic Medical Records infoLAW

Consent

Consent to treatment infoLAW
Case Study 3: Informed consent when working with patients who do not understand English
Case Study 12: The role of advance directives and substitute decision-makers.

Consent for the Incapable Adult infoLAW
Consent for CPR infoLAW

Documentation

Quality Documentation infoLAW
Case Study 10: How a nurse's inaccurate charting can affect a trial
Case Study 14
Privacy and Electronic Medical Records infoLAW

Charting: The Legal Aspects article
Case Study 12: The difference between information contained in a patient's chart and "personal notes"
Evidence infoLAW

Negligence / Patient Safety

Patient Safety infoLAW
Legal Risks in Nursing infoLAW
Medication Errors infoLAW
Case Study 6: Foreign body left inside of surgical patient
Case Study 9: Medication transcription error
Reporting & Disclosure of Adverse Events infoLAW
Case Study 13
Case Study 14

Negligence infoLAW
Patient Restraints infoLAW
Case Study 2: Mismanaged obstetrics case
Case Study 8: Allowing a patient to drive following day surgery
Case Study 10: How a nurse's incaccurate charting can trigger a critical incident review
The Nurse as an Advocate infoLAW

Telephone Advice

Telephone Advice infoLAW
Case Study 1: Providing telephone advice to a family member

Telephone Advice: Is it Safe? article

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