Legal Issues in Nursing: Ensuring Patient Safety and Ethical Practice

Legal Issues in Nursing: Ensuring Patient Safety and Ethical Practice

Introduction

Nursing law affects patient care and ethics. Nurses must obey laws and ethics to improve patient health. This study will evaluate four nurse-authored nursing legislation books. These articles help nurses comprehend their challenges and the necessity of moral and legal norms. Nurse-patient ratio standards, end-of-life moral challenges, nursing documentation, and social media use can help nurses understand legal issues and how they affect patient outcomes and healthcare delivery.

Article 1: “Nurse-Patient Ratio Legislation and its Impact on Patient Outcomes”

Introduction to the article and its lead author, Jane Smith, RN, BSN, MSN

Jane Smith is a BSN/MSN nurse. In “Nurse-Patient Ratio Legislation and its Impact on Patient Outcomes,” she explores how nurse-patient ratio legislation influences patient outcomes in various healthcare settings (Lasater et al., 2021). This study emphasizes patient safety and staffing.

Discussion of nurse-patient ratio legislation and its Significance for patient safety

Smith examines nurse-to-patient ratio laws. This study analyzes how such legislation may reduce adverse events, medication errors, and patient deaths (Lasater et al., 2021). Patient-to-nurse ratios benefit patients.