"This book addresses selected violations of professional nursing conduct and practices that take place in shadows or on the margins of clinical practice--incidents that represent "dark" or "gray" areas of nursing. Chapters identify threats to patient and nurse well-being that are antithetical to nurses' principles; sensitize nurses and other stakeholders to gray and dark sides of nursing through case examples; and pose evidence-based solutions for eliminating, mitigating, and addressing examples representing the gray or dark side of nursing. The book encourages organizations to promote a culture of ethical responsibility for nursing practices"-- Provided by publisher.

The dark side of nursing / Zane Robinson Wolf -- Justifying coercion in patient care / Beth Marie King -- Lying to patients for therapeutic ends / Maureen Donohue-Smith -- Blurred lines : professional boundary violations / Doris C. Vallone and Zane Robinson Wolf -- "Difficult" patients / Deborah Byrne -- Neglect and negligence of patents / Denise Nagle Bailey -- Physical abuse of patients / Zane Robinson Wolf -- Bullying by nurses / Jeannine Uribe -- Relational incompetence : the witnessing nurse / Colleen Maykut -- Reckless nursing care / Zane Robinson Wolf -- Missed nursing care : a covert error of omission / Joanne R. Duffy -- Shielding from bad news / Mary L. Wilby -- Failure to report abuse and whistleblowing / Denise Nagle Bailey -- Homicide and nursing staff / Zane Robinson Wolf -- Mistakes versus crimes / Zane Robinson Wolf.