"It is the only book of its kind to combine legal issues with charting methods and an extensive review of practice settings where documentation varies greatly . This is a little book chock-filled with useful information, tables, examples and charts . In the back of the book is a good glossary and a list of legal case references." -Ann Schmidt Luggen, Cincinnati, OH With the expansion of roles for nursing practice and the evolution of health care delivery systems, the number of nursing negligence and malpractice suits has grown. The impact of computer technology on the changing face of medical record keeping only compounds the issues. Nursing Documentation: Legal Focus Across Practice Settings addresses the challenges and issues that emerge from this changing environment. The vast majority of nursing malpractice suits sooner or later involves documentation, and the proliferation of forms of health care and health care communication will render legal documentation by nurses increasingly critical. Nursing Documentation: Legal Focus Across Practice Settings is intended to meet the needs of students and clinicians in determining how they should be recording their practice and what the legal implications of those records may be.

If you are a nurse in practice or education and are not familiar with the contents of this book, you may be placing yourself at legal risk! Nursing Documentation: Legal Focus Across Practice Settings is the only book of its kind to combine legal issues with charting methods and an extensive review of practice settings where documentation varies greatly. This book provides nurses at all levels, as well as the insurance community, with information on the current state of recording and reporting health care delivery components. Sue E. Meiner identifies the basics of nursing liability in areas of written communications and issues where verbal reporting is necessary.