The Long Term Care Legal Desk Reference

From pain assessment methods to intravenous drip calculations, the Long-Term Care Nursing Desk Reference offers long-term care nurses virtually every tool they need to provide high-quality, regulation-compliant, long-term resident care. Written by accomplished author and speaker Barbara Acello, MS, RN, this authoritative reference is jam-packed with practical, need-to-know patient care information, essential policies and procedures, and vital regulatory and safety requirements. In short, the Long-Term Care Nursing Desk Reference is the book you and your nurses have been waiting for!

The Long-Term Care Legal Desk Reference, Second Edition Barbara Acello, MS, RN The Long-Term Care Legal Desk Reference, Second Edition uses a practical, reality-oriented approach to lawsuit prevention based on need to know information in the long-term care facility. Current trends and issues in healthcare are emphasized, and when appropriate, real world solutions to problems are presented. The text is designed to assist managers to be strong and proactive. Written by accomplished author, Barbara Acello, MS, RN, this resource will help your facility manage risk and provide quality care with practical information and advice delivered in plain, easy-to-understand language. The book identifies potential legal risks and provides the tools and techniques needed to manage them. Written specifically for administrators and nurse managers, this book will help you: Identify the pitfalls and problems that lead directly to the courtroom, and how to avoid them Understand the law as it applies to long-term care facility administration, nursing management, and clinical practice Understand current clinical information and standards of practice that are useful to managers and will complement more exhaustive sources of long-term care administrative, nursing, clinical, and legal information View the Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to Working in Long-Term Care Chapter 2: Employee Issues Chapter 3: The Litigation Process Chapter 4: Standards of Care Chapter 5: Common Causes of Survey Deficiencies Chapter 6: Survey Outcomes Chapter 7: Risk Management Chapter 8: The Facility Environment Chapter 9: Change in Condition Chapter 10: Leading Causes of Lawsuits: Pressure Ulcers Chapter 11: Leading Causes of Lawsuits: Falls Chapter 12: Common Singular Event Problems Chapter 13: Infection-Related Complications Chapter 14: Progressive Injuries Related to Nutrition and Hydration Chapter 15: Injuries Precipitated by Progressive Failures and Omissions of Care Chapter 16: Rights of the Resident Chapter 17: Medication Monitoring Chapter 18: Employee Lawsuits Chapter 19: Self-determination Chapter 20: Quality Assurance/Benchmarking Chapter 21: Financial Fraud and Abuse Chapter 22: Documentation

The Long-Term Care Restorative Nursing Desk Reference is a new all-inclusive desk reference that describes the clinical aspects of restorative nursing in detail and provides a much-needed guide for nurses in a long-term care facility. This book offers the help you need to create or sustain an effective restorative care program that puts your resident's needs first.

Your primary source for information on the legal issues of pharmaceutical practice, care, and activity Today’s pharmacist is faced with legal, ethical, and moral concerns in making the transition from traditional pharmacy practice to an expanded role in clinical pharmacy and patient drug management services. Pharmacy Law Desk Reference is a primer on the legal aspects of pharmaceutical practice, providing background on foundational legal concepts, and guidance on the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), and the Federal Trade Commission. This unique book examines the major topics that impact pharmaceutical care, including professional liability insurance; the need for supportive personnel in pharmacy practice; patent law, trademarks, and copyrights; law and ethics; business law; HIPAA privacy in the pharmacy; electronic prescribing; and medication error reporting. Handy tables, figures, and exhibits make complex information easy to access and understand. The better pharmacists understand the regulatory and legislative framework that shapes their practice, the better they will be able to carry out their responsibilities to patients. Pharmacy Law Desk Reference offers a broad scope on established legal subjects, the current direction of the profession, and important contemporary topics that affect the clinical role of the practicing pharmacist. Each chapter is authored by a nationally recognized authority on one or more aspect of pharmacy law and many of the contributors are active in the American Society of Pharmacy Law. Topics addressed in Pharmacy Law Desk Reference include: telepharmacy collaborative drug therapy management trade secrets and trade secret protection anti-competitive practices the threat of civil and criminal liability the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) FDA inspections consumer protection laws credentialing pharmacy compounding accreditation employment contracts Medicaid and Medicare controlled substance registration and prescription orders forged prescription orders and many more Pharmacy Law Desk Reference is a comprehensive resource on the professional, legal, and contemporary issues in pharmacy practice. It is a primary reference guidebook for pharmacy practitioners, leaders of state and national pharmacists associations, members of state boards of pharmacy, educators and students, and an essential addition to all pharmacy libraries.

The Legal Desk Reference is a comprehensive source of legal information which includes approximately 9,000 definitions of legal words and phrases and an extensive legal bibliography. It offers Quick Cite to selected statutes and cases, abbreviations, charts, tables, maps and much more!