Assignment: Nursing law Presentation

Prepare a 10 slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes that discusses a current legal issue, from the news media or your own professional practice, affecting an individual or group of nurses. For confidentiality reasons, do not use real names from your own practice. Examples of legal issues include the following:

“Angel of Mercy” cases, such as nurses during the Hurricane Katrina evacuation giving overdoses of morphine and other medications to patients to end their lives.

Include the following in your presentation:

Introduction

Judicial process and health care laws

Professional standards of practice

Malpractice and disciplinary action issues

Ethical issues

Issues surrounding appropriate documentation

Nursing practice act requirements

Conclusion

At least three references from scholarly journals in the University Library

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