This revised and updated text covers:

- The dilemmas of professional practice and meetings professional standards

- The implications and application of recent nursing legislation

- The demands and requirements of modern nursing

- The subsequent legal and ethical implications

This title will be an invaluable introduction for all student nurses. It will also be helpful for qualified nurses as a refresher text and for those undertaking Overseas Nurses' Programmes.

About the authors

Sally Carvalho MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN, PGC L&T (HE) is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing within the Institute of Health & Society at the University of Worcester.

Maggie Reeves MA, RGN, RM, Dip. N (Lond) RCNT, RNT is a Senior Lecturer/APL Advisor in the Institute of Health & Society at the University of Worcester.

Jacquie Orford, BSc ( Hons) (Open); Cert Ed ( FE); Dip N ( Part A) (Lond); RGN; ONC, has taught legal, ethical & professional issues at both post registration and pre-registration nursing levels for Birmingham City University.

Table of contents

Section 1

1 What is law?

2 Professional issues

3 Values, morals and ethics

Section 2

4 Responsibility

5 Accountability

6 Negligence

Section 3

7 Principles of communication in different contexts

8 Written communication

Appendix

Index

Reviews

'Excellent text. Highly suitable, easy to apply' - Anne Phillips, University of York, senior lecturer, health sciences department"

'Revised to reflect advances in the field, this text outlines the implications and application of relevant recent legislation, considers the demands of nursing as it becomes an all-graduate profession, and weighs the legal and ethical implications. It could be a refresher text for qualified nurses, and for those undertaking overseas? nurses programmes.' - Times Higher Education Textbook Guide