title: Legal aspects of standards of practice.
abstract: In the article Developing Unit-Specific Standards in the November/December 1988 issue of DCCN, the authors described techniques for developing and implementing unit-specific standards of practice in critical care. Here the nurse-attorney author adds another perspective, a legal one. This author suggests ways to word standards of practice so that they will be more useful in defending the nurse and the hospital in any potential negligence claims.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Carr
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007603:Jurisprudence; D007884:Legislation, Nursing; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States