Abstract

The nursing process as a foundation of professional nursing practice organizes care around the components of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation as required for professional registered nurses by the Florida Nurse Practice Act. Nurses who fail to comply with the Nurse Practice Act risk poor outcomes for their clients, disciplinary action from the State regulatory body, and legal action from the clients. This study was an examination of litigation claims against professional registered nurses in Florida who practice perinatal nursing seeking to identify and categorize allegations of negligence within the components of the nursing process. The expectation of this qualitative summative content analysis was the review of existing cases of litigation against perinatal nurses in Florida to categorize allegations in alignment with the steps of the nursing process.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3577284; ProQuest document ID: 1468689582. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Genifer Jones Johnson, DHA, MSN

Sigma Membership

Tau Zeta

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Documentation, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Negligence, Perinatal Nursing

Advisor

Macharia Waruingi

Second Advisor

Maria Revell

Third Advisor

Victor Landry

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

University of Phoenix

Degree Year

2013

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2023-09-12

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