The legal, professional, and ethical dimensions of education in nursing
The only volume on higher education law written specifically for nursing faculty, this volume imparts the basic foundations of the legal, professional, and ethical issues that concern faculty on a daily basis. It clearly defines the legal rights of students, professors, and educational institutions...
| Main Author: | Smith, Mable H. |
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| Other Authors: | EBSCOhost. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer Pub.,
[2012]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xix, 376 pages) |
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Summary: |
The only volume on higher education law written specifically for nursing faculty, this volume imparts the basic foundations of the legal, professional, and ethical issues that concern faculty on a daily basis. It clearly defines the legal rights of students, professors, and educational institutions along with the case laws supporting those rights. Each chapter contains a vivid legal scenario, related legal principles and theoretical foundations, and critical thinking questions. Written by an author who is both a nurse educator and ... Show More attorney, the volume emphasizes sound decision making so that readers can successfully navigate the complex legal issues confronting them in the faculty role. This second edition reflects recent changes in higher education and includes an emphasis on students' rights and safety. Chapters address the general legal rights of students with expanded content on the interplay with social media, rights of faculty regarding freedom of speech, faculty protection against lawsuits, faculty and the employment relationship, faculty relations, the teaching and scholarship roles of faculty, the service and clinical practice role of faculty, and ethical considerations for patients, students, and faculty in education environments. Appendices include information on how to read a legal case and how to research legal topics. |
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Revised edition of: The legal, professional, and ethical dimensions of higher education. ©2005. Includes bibliographical references. Legal rights of students -- Legal rights of students and faculty : related to freedom of speech -- Faculty protection against lawsuits / Mable H. Smith with contributions by Yvonne D. McKoy -- Faculty and the employment relationship / Mable H. Smith and Yvonne D. McKoy -- Faculty relations in academic environments -- Teaching role of faculty / Richardean Benjamin and Mable H. Smith -- Scholarship role of nursing faculty -- Service/practice role of faculty / Richardean Benjamin and Mable H. Smith -- Ethical considerations in education environments. The only volume on higher education law written specifically for nursing faculty, this volume imparts the basic foundations of the legal, professional, and ethical issues that concern faculty on a daily basis. It clearly defines the legal rights of students, professors, and educational institutions along with the case laws supporting those rights. Each chapter contains a vivid legal scenario, related legal principles and theoretical foundations, and critical thinking questions. Written by an author who is both a nurse educator and ... Show More attorney, the volume emphasizes sound decision making so that readers can successfully navigate the complex legal issues confronting them in the faculty role. This second edition reflects recent changes in higher education and includes an emphasis on students' rights and safety. Chapters address the general legal rights of students with expanded content on the interplay with social media, rights of faculty regarding freedom of speech, faculty protection against lawsuits, faculty and the employment relationship, faculty relations, the teaching and scholarship roles of faculty, the service and clinical practice role of faculty, and ethical considerations for patients, students, and faculty in education environments. Appendices include information on how to read a legal case and how to research legal topics. English. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xix, 376 pages) |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780826199546 0826199542 1280128909 9781280128905 9786613532787 6613532789 |