Nursing Management and Leadership
Legal and Ethical Issues
Nurses must operate within legal boundaries and uphold the ANA Code of Ethics in all clinical interactions.
Legal Concepts
- Negligence: Failure to act as a prudent nurse
- Malpractice: Professional negligence resulting in injury
- Battery: Intentional touching without consent
- Assault: Threatening a patient
Ethical Principles
- Autonomy: Respecting patient decision-making
- Beneficence: Acting in the best interest of the patient
- Non-maleficence: Do no harm
- Justice: Fairness in resource distribution
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