Legal Issues in Nursing: A Source Book for Practice

by Ginny Wacker Guido

Completely rewritten, revised and updated, Legal Issues in Nursing is a sourcebook for basic legal knowledge. Based on American Law, this reference provides nurses and students with the fundamentals of US healthcare law, malpractice, negligence, and liability issues. The use of numerous case studies and recent court findings clearly illustrates key points including personal liability and insurance issues, the role of the court system, and case law in determining standards of nursing care.

302 pages, Paperback

Published February 1, 1988

About the author

Ginny Wacker Guido, JD MSN RN

Reviews

[Claire]

As my classmates have pointed out, why should we trust a book on law and ethics written by a woman named Wacker Guido? Her name is comical, the book is not--it's just downright scary. It should be titled Legal & Ethical Issues in Nursing: 1,001 ways to lose your license and ruin your career FOREVER. Sometimes I think we must be crazy for signing up for a job rife with bodily fluids, risk of physical assault, and downright certainty of being sued. The nursing shortage makes more and more sense every day.

[Daniel Mala]

Okay, I’m officially a third the way through my Master’s. There was two books for this class and this was the better. I thought it was very useful. Probably ready for a new edition, but overall very detailed and relevant. Cheers!