Online Companion: Fundamentals of Nursing Standards and Practice 2E

Chapter Objectives

After reading Chapter 23, the student should be ready to
• Discuss the legal responsibilities of the nurse
• Describe the basic categories of laws in the U.S. and Canada
• Make a list of five areas of nursing practice that are commonly involved in legal considerations.
• Describe three situations in which nurses' documentation of client care has legal implications.
• Make a list of actions the nurse can take to decrease risk of liability in practice.
• Describe three specific areas of practice that are guided by legal mandate.
• Discus legal issues that arise at/near the time of a client's death.