Chapter 22
Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Administration and Management
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Definition and ethical and legal issues in management
- Ethical issues in practice
- Dependent versus independent functioning
- Unethical practices in nursing
- Laws that help to prevent legal issues
- Role of a nurse administrator
22.1 INTRODUCTION
Nursing administration and management is a branch of science that deals with manning skills for the nursing profession, which has its own scientific knowledge and background, to perform the management process in any nursing institution or hospital. The image of a nurse has gradually changed from that of the physician’s handmaid in the olden dark days to the current golden one as the nurse manager, leader and ...
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