title: Law for the nurse manager. Legal update--1996, part 2.
abstract: Traditional liability issues such as falls and medication errors continue to be a concern for nurses. Researchers predict that more than 770,000 hospital patients will experience an adverse drug event each year; almost half are preventable.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fiesta
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019300:Medical Errors; D008508:Medication Errors; D014481:United States