What are the Situations that Impact Your Practice in the Workplace?
Topic 1: Legal issues of an Advanced Practice Nurse in the Workplace
Choose one topic from the following list and evaluate how the chosen topic impacts your role as an advanced practice nurse. What are the legal implications related to your practice. These topics are discussed in this week’s chapter readings from the book. Analyze how understanding of the chosen topic will impact your future practice.
Choose one:
Employer and employee rights
American with Disabilities Act
Employment contracts and unionization
Corporate liability
Sexual harassment in the workplace
Employees with AIDS/HIV and exposure to blood borne pathogens
Environmental health and safety
Reading
Textbook Readings
Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics
- Chapter 20: “Abusive Situations”
- Chapter 22: “Restraints”
- Chapter 23: “Emergency Psychiatric Admissions”
- Chapter 25: “Discharge Against Medical Advice”
- Chapter 32: “Employers and Employee Rights”
- Chapter 34: “Corporate Liability”
- Chapter 35: “Employment Contracts and Unionization”
- Chapter 36: “Employment Status Liability”
- Chapter 38: “Americans with Disabilities Act”
- Chapter 39: “Employees with AIDS/HIV Infection and Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens”
- Chapter 44: “Environmental Health and Safety”