Overview of Nursing and the Law / Primary Sources of Law -- Nurse Practice Acts -- Nursing Disciplinary Process -- Nursing Malpractice/Negligence / Negligence/Malpractice -- Proving Malpractice: The Expert Nurse Witness -- Documentation / Principles and Practices of Documentation -- Electronic Health Records -- Keys to Reducing Liability -- Informed Consent and Patient Rights / Requirements for Informed Consent -- High-Risk Areas Associated With Failure to Provide Informed Consent -- The Patient Self-Determination Act and Advance Directives -- Employment Law / The Employment Relationship -- Ethical Obligations and Wrongful Discharge -- Federal Workplace Laws -- Organization and Business Law: Topics for Nurses / Entity Types and Personal Liability for Owners -- Hospital Corporate Liability -- Continuous Quality Improvement and Risk Management -- Corporate Compliance -- Disasters and Public Health Emergencies / Legal Framework and Response Coordination -- Roles of Organizations and Nurses in Disasters -- Resolving Disputes / Anatomy of a Trial -- Alternative Dispute Resolution.