Ethics and Law for Australian Nurses

Kim Atkins, Sheryl de Lacey, Bernhard Ripperger, Rebecca Ripperger

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781108796941
• eBook ISBN: 9781108849609
• Edition: 4
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Nursing

A sound understanding of moral and legal obligations is critical to developing responsible nursing practice and building the nurse-patient relationship. Ethics and Law for Australian Nurses provides a practical framework for understanding the ethical and legal dimensions of nursing practice. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised to include updates to legislation, the NMBA professional standards and case examples. A new chapter on the legal system and a fully revised chapter on duty of care and negligence provide a thorough overview of the law as it applies to nursing practice. The text also includes expanded material on the regulation of nursing practice, advanced care directives, cultural safety, practice in the context of digital environments, person-centred care and assisted dying. Written in an accessible and engaging style, Ethics and Law for Australian Nurses provides a comprehensive guide for nurses training and practising in clinical, research and policy settings.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• About the authors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Understanding the human person
• Chapter 2 The legal system
• Chapter 3 The nurse–patient relationship and the regulation of nursing practice
• Chapter 4 Consent
• Chapter 5 Duty of care and professional negligence
• Chapter 6 Culturally safe nursing practice
• Chapter 7 Patient information and confidentiality
• Chpater 8 ‘Trust me, I’m a nurse’
• Chapter 9 Witnessing and making mistakes
• Chapter 10 Issues in abortion and euthanasia
• Chapter 11 Ethics of aged care: autonomy under threat and the nurse as capacity builder
• Appendix: Tables of legislation
• References
• Index