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Publications by Subject: Topics for Nurses in Specific Fields

Publications by Subject: Topics for Nurses in Specific Fields

Camp Nursing / Community Health / Educators and Students / Emergency Room / Independent Practice / Long-Term Care / Obstetrics / Occupational Health / Operating Room/Recovery Room / Nurse Practitioners

Camp Nursing

FAQ (frequently asked questions) #2

Vicarious Liability infoLAW

Community Health

Community and Public Health Nursing and the Law infoLAW
Case Study 5: Delegation of duties formerly performed by a community health nurse to a Registered Practical Nurse

Case Study 3: Working with patients who do not understand English
Case Study 14

Educators and Students

Managing Legal Risks in Preceptorships article
Supervision infoLAW

Nursing Students' FAQ

Emergency Room

Emergency Room Nursing infoLAW
Case Study 1: Legal issues related to an ER nurse providing telephone advice to a family member
Emergency Room Closures infoLAW

Consent for CPR infoLAW
Case Study 13
Professional Liability Protection in a Pandemic briefing note

Independent Practice

CNPS Plus optional insurance

Long-Term Care

Long-Term Care infoLAW
Consent for CPR infoLAW

Consent for the Incapable Adult infoLAW
Patient Restraints infoLAW

Obstetrics

Obstetrical Nursing infoLAW
The Legal Status of the Fetus article

Case Study 2: mismanaged obstetrics case
Intermittent Auscultation of the Fetal Heart Rate article

Occupational Health

Occupational Health Nursing infoLAW
Confidentiality of Health Information infoLAW

Occupational Health transfer of Records article

Operating Room / Recovery Room

Operating Room Nursing infoLAW
Case Study 6: Legal and ethical issues of OR nurses when a foreign body from a previous surgery is discovered inside a patient

Case Study 8: Allowing a patient to drive home following day surgery
Case Study 9: Consequences of a medication transcription error in a paediatric recovery room

Nurse Practitioners

Nurse Practitioners infoLAW
Collaborative Practice: Are nurses employees or self-employed? briefing note

Patient discharge from hospital checklist

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