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Learn how the legislation of staffing ratios impacts nurse satisfaction and patient care.

Recognize the signs and symptoms of drug impairment and learn how to address it appropriately.

: Nursing practice statutes provide patient care guidelines for each state.

Review important investigative points to prevent wrongful termination of nurses.

Develop strategies to promote patient safety despite staffing crises.

Learn the four elements that must exist before medical malpractice can be proved.

Don't hesitate to report substance abuse and mental illness-doing so often initiates the treatment process for valued staff.

Review the following case that addresses proper staff education regarding equipment usage and standards. Test your knowledge with the following questions, then check your answers at http://www.nursingmanagement.com.

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.

Read this case of poor staffing judgment regarding outside agency employees and answer the questions, then check your answers at http://www.nursingmanagement.com.

Nurse managers aren't only responsible for their own actions and those of their nurses but also for recognizing and acting on physicians' inappropriate care. Learn from a case where nurses failed to take action throughout a patient's care--and the cost was her life.

In Part 1, read about the implications involved when caregivers end life with pain medication and when "angels of death" work among them.

A Massachusetts case brought under the Americans with Disabilities Act tests the validity of shift rotation as an essential job function.

Because so many factors influence a patient's health, it's difficult to know with certainty that a nurse's error actually caused the negative outcome. In nursing malpractice cases, causation can be a successful defense strategy.

Many employers already have policies in place that grant job leaves for a variety of reasons. It is no longer optional for employers to grant job leaves; appropriate leave is now the law.

Guidelines define the professional, ethical and legal responsibilities involved when challenging or delegating patient assignments. Maintaining safe nursing practice levels is possible through such alternatives as enabling practice environments and cross-training. These significant factors identify options available to nurse managers and their staff without compromising patient safety.