Terms of Use and Legal Restrictions
for NP Central

Attention: Please read these terms carefully before using this web site. Using this web site indicates that you accept these terms. If you do not accept these terms ("Terms"), do not use this web site.

Use of Site: NP Central authorizes you to view and download the materials at this web site only for your personal, non-commercial use, provided that you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained in the original materials on any copies of the materials. You may not modify the materials on NP Central in any way or reproduce or publicly display, perform, or distribute or otherwise use them for any public or commercial purpose, except as expressly permitted. For purposes of these Terms, any use of these materials on any other web site or networked computer environment for any purpose is prohibited. The materials on NP Central are copyrighted and any unauthorized use of any materials from NP Central may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. If you breach any of these terms, your authorization to use NP Central automatically terminates and you must immediately destroy any downloaded or printed materials.

Copyright: All screens, including graphics, text elements and this notice, displayed in normal operations on this web site are protected by Copyright 1998 NP Central unless otherwise specified. All rights reserved.

The NP Central web site may from time to time electronically refer or connect users to third-party publications. Such publications may contain copyrighted material which remains the property of their respective owners.

Any person is hereby permitted to view, copy, print, and distribute any page or screen of this document subject to the following conditions:

  1. The document may be used for limited, personal, non-commercial informational purposes only.
  2. If appropriate in your professional judgement you may use material from NP Central with your patients.
  3. This material may be duplicated for use in the education of health professional students.
  4. Any copy of this document or portion thereof must include the copyright notice.
  5. Any other use or reproduction requires express written consent of Nurse Practitioner Support Services.
  6. All other rights reserved.

User Submissions: Any material, information or other communication you transmit or post to NP Central will be considered non-confidential and non-proprietary ("Communications"). NP Central will have no obligations with respect to the Communications. NP Central and its designees will be free to copy, disclose, distribute, incorporate and otherwise use the Communications and all data, images, sounds, text, and other things embodied therein for any and all commercial or non-commercial purposes. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting to or from NP Central any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law.

User Chat Rooms: NP Central may, but is not obligated to, monitor or review any areas on the site where users transmit or post Communications or communicate solely with each other, including but not limited to chat rooms, bulletin boards, electronic mailing lists or other user forums, and the content of any such Communications. NP Central, however, will have no liability related to the content of any such Communications, whether or not arising under the laws of copyright, libel, privacy, obscenity, or otherwise.

Links To Other Web Sites: Links to third party web sites on NP Central are provided solely as a convenience to you. If you use these links, you will leave NP Central. NP Central has not reviewed all of these third party sites and does not control and is not responsible for any of these sites or their content. Thus, NP Central does not endorse or make any representations about them, or any information, products or materials found there, or any results that may be obtained from using them. If you decide to access any of the third party sites linked to NP Central, you do this entirely at your own risk.

Links to NP Central: Anyone linking to NP Central must comply with the following and all applicable laws.

A site that links to NP Central:

  1. Should link to the URL http://www.npcentral.net/
  2. May link to, but not replicate, NP Central content.
  3. Should not create a browser or border environment around NP Central content.
  4. Should not imply that NP Central, it's editors, owners, or associates are endorsing it or its products.
  5. Should not misrepresent its relationship with NP Central.
  6. Should not present false information about NP Central site content, products or services.
  7. Should not use the NP Central logo without permission from NP Central.
  8. Should not contain content that could be construed as unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, or other material that would violate any law.

General Disclaimer: The materials provided on NP Central are provided "as is" without any warranties of any kind including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property. NP Central further does not warrant the accuracy and completeness of the materials on NP Central. NP Central may make changes to the materials on NP Central, or to the products and prices described in them, at any time without notice. The materials on NP Central may be out of date, and NP Central makes no commitment to update the materials on NP Central. Information published on NP Central may refer to products, programs or services that are not available in your country. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusion may not apply to you.

The information, products, names, prices and availability contained in this web site is subject to change without notice. NP Central, Nurse Practitioner Support Services and/or its owners, associates, etc. cannot accept responsibility for any inaccuracy within the pages on this server or behind created external links. The company has the right to change directory structure or remove pages without any notice. All efforts have been made to locate and identify the copyright holders of all copyrighted materials. In the event of any questions arising from the use of materials on this server, please send your questions to webmaster@nurse.net.

The articles and substantive materials contained in NP Central are for educational purposes only. NP Central attempts to select authors, and consultants, who are knowledgeable in their fields. However, NP Central does not warrant the expertise of any author or consultant in a particular field, nor is it responsible for any statement by such authors or consultants. The authors whose articles and work are contained in, and appear on this web site, are solely responsible for their accuracy. However, NP Central, Nurse Practitioner Support Services, it's editors, owners, and associates do not guarantee the expertise of any author in any given field, and accordingly disclaim all responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any such articles and substantive materials. The opinions expressed in the content that appears on NP Central are those of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of NP Central, Nurse Practitioner Support Services, the editors, associates or staff of NP Central.

Replies to submitted questions are based solely upon the information supplied by the submitter, and are made without benefit of a detailed patient history or physical or laboratory examination.

Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested on this web site should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patients' conditions and possible contraindications or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with the recommendations of other authorities.

Limitation of Liability: In no event will NP Central, the editors, associates, staff of NP Central, or other third parties mentioned on NP Central be liable for any damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, those resulting from adverse outcomes, lost profits, lost data or business interruption) arising out of the use, inability to use, or the results of use of this site, any web sites linked to this site, or the materials or information contained at any or all such sites, whether based on warranty, contract, tort or any other legal theory and whether or not advised of the possibility of such damages. If your use of the materials or information from this site results in damage or adverse outcomes, you assume all costs and responsibilities thereof. Applicable law may not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you.

Disclaimer of Liability: With respect to information, products represented and/or sold from this server, neither NP Central, Nurse Practitioner Support Services, it's editors, owners, associates, etc. nor any of its employees makes any warranty, expressed or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any such information.

Disclaimer of Endorsement: The publication of advertisements in NP Central does not constitute an endorsement or guarantee by NP Central, the publisher, Nurse Practitioner Support Services, the editors, staff or associates of the quality or value of the advertised services or products or of the claims made for such services or products.

Reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by NP Central, Nurse Practitioner Support Services, it's editors, owners, associates, etc...

Similarity to or reference herein to any specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, may be used in simple honorary comparisons and does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring of NP Central, Nurse Practitioner Support Services, it's editors, owners, associates, etc. by the holders, owners, associates of the mentioned specific commercial products, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer,

The mention, or lack of mention, of any service, or company shall not be considered as either a positive or negative endorsement of or comment about such service, or company. At most it expresses our knowledge or ignorance of the information.

Trademarks: NP Central and the NP Central logo is a Trademark of NP Central All other product names and company logos published herein remain the trademarks, as applicable, of their respective owners.

Warranties: This publication is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. references to other persons, including corporations, their services and products, are provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. In no event shall NP Central be liable for any special, incidental, indirect or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages whatsoever resulting from loss of use, data or profits, or adverse outcomes, whether or not advised of the possibility of damage, and on any theory of liability, arising out of or in connection with the use or performance of this information.

Descriptions of, or references to, products or publications within the NP Central does not imply endorsement of that product, publication or service. NP Central makes no warranty of any kind with respect to the subject matter included herein, the products listed herein, or the completeness or accuracy of any page or screen of this publication.

Errors, Omissions and Changes: While NP Central makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of materials presented within the NP Central, the user is cautioned:

NP Central could include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors or graphical distortions. Changes are periodically added to the information herein; these changes will be incorporated in new editions of this web site. NP Central may make improvements and/or changes in the information, graphic(s), product(s) and/or program(s) described or displayed in this web site at any time.

Applicable Laws: NP Central is administered by NP Central from its offices in Kent, Washington. NP Central makes no representation that materials on NP Central are appropriate or available for use outside the United States, and access to them from territories where their contents are illegal is prohibited. You may not use or export or re-export the materials on NP Central or any copy or adaptation in violation of any applicable laws or regulations including without limitation U.S. export laws and regulations. If you choose to access this site from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. These Terms will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.

General: NP Central may revise these Terms at any time by updating this posting. You should visit this page from time to time to review the then-current Terms because they are binding on you. Certain provisions of these Terms may be superseded by expressly designated legal notices or terms located on particular pages on NP Central.



Last updated:  April 10, 2002