Main description:

Understand the legal framework that provides the structure of Nursing!This is the only current text to critically examine the vast array of legal and ethical matters confronting nursing faculty in classroom and clinical settings. Designed to assist students preparing to be nurse educators, academic nursing administrators, and novice and seasoned faculty in making real-life decisions about academic issues within a legal and ethical framework. Replete with practical advice from experts in the fields of nursing, law, and ethics, this text guides the reader through legal and ethical principles, analyses of relevant case-based scenarios, and practical recommendations for handling problems in accordance with existing laws and institutional policy.

Clearly and concisely written and organized, this text provides a comprehensive description of the legal process, including higher education law, the courts, case law, the role of a university attorney, and how to read and cite judicial decisions. Real-world case scenarios and detailed analyses of pertinent issues, including coverage of incivility, discrimination, harassment, academic dishonesty, and freedom of speech, are examined from the perspective of students, faculty, and administrators.

Key Features:

An entire section of legal and ethical cases, featuring a unique philosophical and ethical perspective
Delivers best practices for nursing faculty
Provides tips on when to consult the university attorney, critical elements to consider, actions to take when law and ethics conflict, helpful resources, and a glossary of legal terms
An Instructor's Manual and discussion questions facilitate teaching.

Contents:

Preface
About the authors
Contributors
Note from Authors
Acknowledgements
Section I: Revisiting the Legal Process
An Introduction to the Legal Process: A Primer
Legal Issues Commonly Encountered by Faculty and Academic Administrators
How to Read a Judicial Decision
4. The Role of the University Attorney: When the Academic Nursing Administrator Comes Calling
Section II: The Ethics Dimension of Legal and Ethical Issues in Nursing Education
Basic Primer on Applied Ethics
The Ethics of Nursing Education
Section III: Legal and Ethical Cases with Nursing Students, Faculty, & Administrators
Each of the following will be an individual case:
Neutrality, Confidentiality and Independence: The Role of the Ombudsman When a Student Files a Complaint
Neutrality, Confidentiality and Independence in the Role of the Ombudsman: When a Faculty Files a Complaint
Due Process Issues for the Student
A Critical Explanation of what 'Academic Freedom' really is and what it is not!
Intellectual Property: - When faculty members misrepresent a work-product as their own
The Tenure Process
Harassment
Managing Issues of Student Complaints of Discrimination
Academic Dishonesty Among Students
Academic Freedom Issues for the Student
Incivility: Faculty on Faculty and Academic Nursing Administrator on Faculty, Their Subordinates
Conflict of Interest in the Faculty Role
Disability Issues for the Student
When Academic Nursing Policies are Ignored, Not Enforced, or Overruled?
Individual Rights and Public Safety: Addressing Conduct and Mental Health Issues Among Students
Substance Misuse: Assessment and Confrontation in the Nursing Education
Medical Marijuana and Nursing Students: An Evolving Higher Education Quandary
Section IV: Specific Clinical Education Issues
Clinical Probation and Failure
The Testing Environment
Changing the NCLEX-RN to the Clinical Judgment Measurement Model: Educational, Legal, and Ethical Implications
Creating a Safe and Ethical Nursing Education Environment
Section V: Specific Issues Confronting Adjunct Faculty in the Clinical Agency and Classroom
Confronting Adjunct Faculty Issues in the Classroom and Clinical Agency
Student-Faculty Professional Boundaries in the Academic and Clinical Environment
Addressing Students with Mental Health Issues or Psychiatric Disabilities
A Bad Action: Is it Ethical, Illegal, or Both?