Table of Contents

• Abstract and Objectives

• The Importance of Professional Liability Insurance in Managing Risk
  • Changes in Healthcare Financing
  • Changing Practice Settings
  • Litigious Nature of Americans
  • Pressure from the Plaintiff's Bar
  • Nurse Practice Acts
  • Transfer of Risk
  • To Purchase or Not to Purchase, That Is the Question
  • Purchasing Professional Liability Insurance
  • Occurrence or Claims-made Coverage
  • Your Obligations to the Insurance Companys
  • Know What's Covered
  • Summary

• Managed Care and Managing Risks
  • Managed Care
  • Roles for Nurses in Managed Care
  • Accountabilities for Health Care Providers
  • Legal Implications
  • Interview
  • Summary
  • References

• Ethics and Managing Risk
  • Organization-wide View
  • Medical Errors
  • Regulations, Standards, Policies, and Procedures Regulations
  • Selected Areas of Focus
  • Electronic Information
  • Environmental/Occupational Hazards
  • Restraints
  • Summary
  • References
  • Appendix I - ANA Code For Nurses
  • Appendix II - Code of Professional Responsibility

• Occupational and Environmental Risks in Nursing
  • An Overview
  • Latex Risk
  • Hospital Waste
  • Summary
  • References

• Attachment 1 Common Terms

• Attachment 2 How to Understand

• Attchement 3 ANA Reference Publications

• Attachment 4 SNA and State Licensing Boards

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