Nursing Law for Students in Ireland
Author:   Neil Van Dokkum
Publisher:   Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
ISBN:  

9780717149872


Pages:   194
Publication Date:   08 April 2011
Format:   Paperback
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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

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Author:   Neil Van Dokkum
Publisher:   Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Imprint:   Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.30cm
Weight:   0.332kg
ISBN:  

9780717149872


ISBN 10:   0717149870
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   08 April 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Professional Liability 1. Statutory Developments 2. The Fitness to Practice Inquiry 3. The Registered Nurse Prescriber Part 2: Civil Liability 4. Tort, Battery, Autonomy and Consent 5. Negligence and the Duty of Care 6. The Standard of Care 7. Damages and Causation 8. Informed Consent to Medical Treatment: Capacity to Consent 9. Disclosure - What the Patient Needs to Know 10. Voluntary Consent Part 3: Criminal Liability 11. Basic Concepts of Criminal Law 12. Assault and Syringe Offences 13. Drugs Part 4: Accountability to the Employer 14. The Contract of Employment 15. Vicarious Liability and the Nurse 16. Termination of the Employment Contract

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Neil Van Dokkum is a Law Lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology. He holds a primary degree in industrial sociology and commerce, and also holds an LLB and an LLM in Medical Jurisprudence. He currently specialises in medical law, child protection law and the law of evidence. He has published in many international journals and textbooks.

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