title: Policies and procedures: friend or foe? Part 2.
abstract: Review a case where policy and procedure breaches resulted in disaster. Test your knowledge with the following questions, then check your answers at http://www.nursingmanagement.com.
authors.affiliation: Charter Behavioral Health Systems, Alpharetta, Ga., USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D005390:Fires / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000517:prevention & control; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D017751:Safety Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*