title: Lessons learned from litigation: the nurse's duty to protect.
abstract: Did nurses 'unreasonably ignore' a patient's risk of harm?
authors.affiliation: Edie Brous is a nurse and attorney in New York City and the coordinator of Legal Clinic: ediebrous@aol.com. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Edie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brous
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009518:New York; D024802:Nurse's Role; D016134:Organizational Policy; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*