Telenursing: Nursing Practice in Cyberspace

by Charles C. Sharpe

This is the first book to explore this emergent role of the nursing profession. It examines the unique legal, regulatory and professional issues this neoteric mode of nursing practice presents. Telenursing as a subset of telehealth is defined and a review of its history, present status, and future in the U.S. health care system is discussed. Concomitant legal accountability and risk for malpractice liability are examined. Risk management strategies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865693048
• ISBN13: 9780865693043
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.7"