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Abstract
This Note will review the development of nursing as a profession, discuss current trends in nursing, review the current case law in light of these developments, and, finally, propose alternative approaches to the questions relating to nursing malpractice. Specifically, this Note will examine the questions of the appropriate statute of limitations for nursing malpractice cases, the need for nurses as expert witnesses in malpractice actions, and the proper standard of care for a registered nurse. These questions will be considered in the context of the various state licensure laws, the newly established nurse certification programs, and the formal educational training of nurses.
Recommended Citation
Walter T. Eccard,
A Revolution in White--New Approaches in Treating Nurses as Professionals,
30 Vanderbilt Law Review
839
(1977)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/vlr/vol30/iss4/5