# Essentials Nursing Law Ethics — Legal aspects of Nursing

> Legal aspects of Nursing (iPhone/iPad app by Skyscape Medpresso Inc.)

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- Developer: [Skyscape Medpresso Inc](https://appshunter.io/developer/818609416)
- Category: Medical, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 148 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2025-06-23
- Data updated: 2026-01-14
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## What is Essentials Nursing Law Ethics?

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Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics provides a comprehensive overview of the legal and ethical principles that govern nursing practice. It emphasizes the importance of understanding these concepts to ensure patient safety and uphold professional standards. It serves as a vital resource for nursing students and professionals, equipping them with the knowledge to navigate complex legal situations and ethical dilemmas in healthcare.

Essentials of Nursing Law and Ethics continues its focus on the legal aspects of Nursing as it relates to patient safety and quality, environmental health and safety, error reduction and ethical boundaries of practice in an updated third edition. Written by a nurse attorney, this unique text presents complex topics to undergraduate nursing students in an understandable manner while providing accurate and well researched content relevant to nursing practice.

The Third Edition was thoughtfully revised and updated to incorporate gender neutral, inclusive, patient-centered and person-first language throughout. Furthermore, it features new and updated case law examples and updated coverage of timely topics, including documentation, patient teaching, confidentiality, end of life issues, advance directives, refusing a patient assignment, sexual harassment in the workplace, use of social media by nurses, error reduction/disclosure/apology, correctional nursing, age discrimination, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and more.

FEATURES & BENEFITS
- New and updated cases and references throughout as well as updated coverage of professional standards and codes of conduct.
- Features a unique design, with content and topics organized into five major sections: the law and nursing practice; liability in patient care; documentation issues; employment and the workplace; and ethics.

No internet connection is required to access the content after the initial download. Find information quickly using powerful SmartSearch technology. Search part of term for those hard to spell medical terms.

Content licensed from printed ISBN 10: 1284120384
Content licensed from printed ISBN 13: 9781284120387


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Author(s): Susan J. Westrick, JD, MS, RN, CNE
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Essentials Nursing Law Ethics | $69.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 5.7.9 — 2025-06-23

No release notes.

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