Legal Aspects of Nursing

This guide is an introductory list to help locate research materials at the  Rowland Medical Library. Legal aspects of nursing focuses on the relationship between nursing practice and the law.   Recent changes in the provision of health care have made knowledge of this relationship more important than ever before.  In addition to nursing legislation, other topics included are standards of care, patient rights, informed consent, malpractice liability, patient safety, and documentation and confidentiality.  Every nurse should have a basic understanding of the law and how it affects nursing practice.

Guides / Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries / Selected textbooks / More books / Selected journals / More journals / Selected indexes and abstracts / Selected journal articles / More reference sources / Specialized sources / Selected electronic sources

Guides

Brent, Nancy J.  Nurses and the law: a guide to principles and applications, 2nd ed.
        WY 33 .AA1 B73 2001

The state legal guide to nursing.
        WY 32 .AA1 S82 2001

Pozgar, George D.  Legal aspects of health care administration. 8th ed. p.181-212.
        W 44 P69 2002

Handbooks, encyclopedias, dictionaries

Nurse's legal handbook. 4th ed.
        WY 33 .AA1 N87 2000

Cady, Rebecca F. The advanced practice nurse's legal handbook.
        WY 33 .AA1 C13 2003

Selected textbooks

O'Keefe, Mary E.   Nursing practice and the law:  avoiding malpractice and other legal risks.
        WY 33 .AA1 O4 2001

McHale, Jean V. Law and nursing. 2nd ed.
        WY 33 .FA1 M3 2001

Monarch, Kammie. Nursing and the law: trends and issues..
        WY 33 .AA1 M662 2002

White, Lois. Documentation & the nursing process.
        WY 100.5 W347 2003

Ellis, Janice Rider. Nursing in today's world:  challenges, issues and trends. 7th ed.
       WY 16 E44 2001

More books

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog for:

Suggested subject headings: Legislation, Nursing
Licensure, Nursing
Jurisprudence
Malpractice - Legislation
Documentation - Nurses
Liability, Legal

Selected journals

More journals

Search RoMeO Public Access Catalog for:

Suggested subject headings: Legislation, Nursing  - Periodicals
Jurisprudence  - Periodicals
Health Policy- Periodicals
Legislation - Periodicals

Selected indexes and abstracts

Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature & CINAHL  On-Campus   / Off-Campus

Suggested subject headings: Legislation, Nursing
Nurse Practice Acts
Licensure, Nursing
Documentation
Liability, Legal
Medical Records
Malpractice
Legislation
Health Policy
Jurisprudence

HealthSTAR Database  On-Campus   / Off-Campus

Suggested subject headings: Legislation, Nursing
Legislation
Jurisprudence
Health Policy
Documentation
Malpractice
Liability, Legal
Licensure, Nursing
Medical Records

Ebsco Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition  On-Campus   Off-Campus

Search using keywords: Nursing Legislation
Nursing Licensure
Nurse Practice Acts
Legal Liability
Nursing Documentation
Nursing and Malpractice
Nursing and Legislation

Selected journal articles

Simpson RL. Nursing informatics. Issues in telemedicine: why is policy still light-years behind technology?  Nursing Administration Quarterly. 2002 Summer; 26(4):81-4.

Parsons LC. Protecting patient rights: a nursing responsibility. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice. 2002 Aug; 3(3):274-8.

Jacobson NM. Antitrust relief legislation empowers physicians at the expense of advanced practice nurses and consumers.  Policy, Politics,& Nursing Practice. 2002 Nov; 3(4); 367-71.

Brown LA. Your state board of nursing; friend or foe? Nursing. 2002 Dec; 32(12):48-51.

Pearson L. Fifteenth annual legislative update: how each state stands on legislative issues affecting advanced nursing practice.  Nurse Practitioner . 2003 Jan; 28(1):26-7,31-2,35-6, passim.

More reference sources

Mississippi. Board of Nursing. Mississippi nursing practice law, and rules and regulations.
        REF WY 33 .AM7 M57 2001

Legal issues in school health services:  a resource for school administrators, school attorneys, school nurses.
        KF 3826 .S3 L43 2001

Janoulis, Brenda H.  2003 state nursing licensure guidelines.
        WY 21 .AA1 J26 2003

American Nurses' Association. Model practice act.
        WY 32 .AA1 M62 1996

Specialized sources

Weishapple, Cynthia.  Introduction to legal nurse consulting.
        WY 101 W447 2001

School of Nursing.  601-984-6228.
        University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
        Judy Leavitt, M.Ed. jleavitt@son.umsmed.edu

Selected electronic sources

ANA. Government Affairs
http://www.nursingworld.org/gova/index.htm

Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html

Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us

Federal Register
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html

NLN. Issues & Legislation
http://capwiz.com/nln/issues/

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Legislation/Practice
http://www.aanp.org/Practice+Policy+and+Legislation/

 

Author:  Ardis Haaland
Copyright 2001, Revised 2003 Reference Department, Rowland Medical Library,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson