Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing

What Does This Site Offer?

This website provides useful additional material for students and nurses:

• A comprehensive collection of summarized and excerpted legal cases relevant to the practice of nursing
• Selected and edited state codes of nursing, as well as codes relevant to other aspects of health care provision
• An “Ethics Digest” containing encyclopedic entries on additional topics such as prima facie duties and social contract theory
• A collection of interactive case studies in which the reader analyzes realistic scenarios through a series of multiple choice questions

How Do I Access This Site?

Access to this website is included free with every new copy of Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing. If you purchased a used copy, or if you would like to use this site independent of the book, you can purchase an access code here.