title: Staffing: know your liability.
abstract: Read this case of poor staffing judgment regarding outside agency employees and answer the 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: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008581:Meningitis / Q000451:nursing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009743:Nursing, Practical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014218:Triage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States