Liability Risks for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
| Autor: | Melanie L. Balestra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
medicine.medical_specialty Nurse practitioners business.industry Best practice Liability Primary care Mental illness medicine.disease Mental health 030227 psychiatry 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Malpractice medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology Psychiatry business Risk management |
| Zdroj: | The Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 14:671-676 |
| ISSN: | 1555-4155 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.nurpra.2018.08.005 |
| Popis: | Psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners play a key role in providing care to patients with mental illness. This role is increasing caused in part by a nationwide shortage of psychiatrists, as well as a lack of primary care physicians trained in basic psychiatric services. However, with increased clinical responsibilities come important legal considerations. Psychiatric nurse practitioners should become familiar with legal issues surrounding this practice area in order to ensure best practices for patients and to avoid malpractice litigation and licensing issues. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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