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Nurses' Legal Issues A-Z

A│B│C│D│E│F│G│H│I│J│K│L│M│N│O│P│Q│R│S│T│U│V│W│X│Y│Z

Abandonment  │ Abandonment

Abortion

Abruption

Absenteeism

Abuse│ Abuse  │ Abuse │  Abuse │ Abuse │ Abuse │ Abuse

Abuse  │Abuse  │  Abuse  │ Abuse │ Abuse │ Abuse │ Abuse │ Abuse

Abuse Registry

Abuse, Reporting

Abused Caregivers

Acetic Acid

Acting Out │ Acting Out

Acute Care

Administrative Leave

Adoption

Adult Day Care

Advance Directive  │  Advance Directive

Advocate (Nurse as Patient's) │ Advocate │ Advocate  │ Advocate │ Advocate  │ Advocate  │ Advocate │ Advocate

Advocate  │ Advocate  │ Advocate  │ Advocate  │ Advocate  │ Advocate  │ Advocate │ Advocate │ Advocate  │ Advocate

Against Medical Advice  │ Against Medical Advice

Age Discrimination │ Age Discrimination  │ Age Discrimination │ Age Discrimination  │ Age Discrimination

Agency Nurse │ Agency Nurse

 Agency Nurse-Malpractice  │  Agency Nurse-On the Job Injury 

Aggravated Assault

AIDS

Alarm

Alcohol Abuse

Alcohol Withdrawal  │ Alcohol Withdrawal  │ Alcohol Withdrawal │ Alcohol Withdrawal

Alcoholic Nurse

Allergy-Medication

Alzheimer's │ Alzheimer's  │ Alzheimer's  │ Alzheimer's  │ Alzheimer's  │ Alzheimer's 

 Alzheimer's  │ Alzheimer's │  Alzheimer's │  Alzheimer's │  Alzheimer's │  Alzheimer's

Ambien

Ambulance

Ambulation │ Ambulation

Americans With Disabilities Act │ Americans With Disabilities Act

Amniocentesis

Amputation

Anatomical Gift

Anemic

Aneurysm

Angiogram

Antibiotics │ Antibiotics

Anticoagulant │ Anticoagulant

Antidepressant

Anti-Embolic Stockings

Anti-Gay Bias

Anti-Psychotic Medication │ Anti-Psychotic Medication

Anxiety Attack

Anxiety Disorder

Apnea Monitor

Apology

Appendix │ Appendix

Arbitration  │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration  │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration  │ Arbitration

Arbitration  │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration  │ Arbitration

Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration │ Arbitration

Arbitrator

Arnold-Chiari Malformation

Aseptic Technique

Aspiration │ Aspiration

Aspiration Pneumonia │ Aspiration Pneumonia

Assault │Assault │ Assault  │ Assault │ Assault │ Assault │ Assault │ Assault │ Assault │ Assault

Assessment │ Assessment  │ Assessment  │ Assessment │ Assessment │ Assessment  │ Assessment

Assignments

Assist

Assisted Living

Association Discrimination  │ Association Discrimination

Asthma  │  Asthma │  Asthma │  Asthma

At Home Medications

Ativan

Attempt, Suicide

Attendance │ Attendance │ Attendance │ Attendance

Attorney-Client Privilege

Autism

Autoimmune Disorder

Autologous Blood Transfusion

Automatic Blood Pressure Cuff

Autopsy

B

Babies Switched │ Babies Switched

Back Injury  │ Back Injury  │  Back Injury  │ Back Injury  │  Back Injury  │ Back Injury

Back Problem

Backdating 

Background Checks  │  Background Checks │ Background Checks

Bacterial Meningitis

Bad Outcome

Bariatric Surgery

Baribed

Bathing

Bathroom │ Bathroom  │ Bathroom

Bathtub

Battery, Medical │ Battery, Medical

Bed Alarm │ Bed Alarm  │ Bed Alarm  │ Bed Alarm │ Bed Alarm │ Bed Alarm

Bed Rail Entrapment │ Bed Rail Entrapment

Bed Rails  │  Bed Rails │  Bed Rails  │   Bed Rails │  Bed Rails │  Bed Rails │  Bed Rails │  Bed Rails

Bedsores

Beta Strep

Betadine │ Betadine

Bi-Level Positive Airway Pressure

Bipolar Disorder

Birthing Bed

Bladder Irrigation

Blind

Blood Bank

Blood Pressure

Blood Transfusion │ Blood Transfusion

Blood Transfusion-Allogenic

Blood Transfusion-Autologous 

Blood Transfusion-Disease Phobia 

Blood Transfusion-Jehovah's Witness

Bloodborne Pathogens │ Bloodborne Pathogens

Body Cavity Search

Botox

Bowel Obstruction  │ Bowel Obstruction

Bradycardia

Brain Injury │ Brain Injury

Breast Cancer  │ Breast Cancer  │ Breast Cancer │ Breast Cancer

Breech Birth

Breech Presentation

Bullying

Burns

Buttons

C 

C-Section │ C-Section │ C-Section │ C-Section │ C-Section

Call Bell │ Call Button  │ Call Button │ Call Button │ Call Button

Canavan Disease

Cancer Patient

Cardiac Arrest

Cardiac Care │ Cardiac Care

Cardiac Catheterization

Cardiac Monitor │ Cardiac Monitor │ Cardiac Monitor │ Cardiac Monitor

Cardiac Rehab

Cardiac Stress Test

Cardiac Tamponade

Cardiac Triage

Cardiorespiratory Arrest

Care Plan │  Care Plan │Care Plan

Carpal Tunnel

Catheter │ Catheter │ Catheter │ Catheter  │ Catheter  │ Catheter │ Catheter │ Catheter

Catheterization

Caucasian

Cauda Equina Syndrome

Cell Phone │ Cell Phone

Central Venous Catheter

Cerebral Aneurysm

Cerebral Palsy │ Cerebral Palsy │ Cerebral Palsy  │ Cerebral Palsy

Cervical Cancer

Cervical Ripening

Cervidil

Cesarean

Chart Review

Charts  │ Charts  │ Charts │ Charts

Charting │ Charting  │ Charting │ Charting │ Charting

Chemical Burns

Chemical Dependency │ Chemical Dependency │ Chemical Dependency │ Chemical Dependency

Chemical Impairment

Chemical Sensitivity

Chemotherapy  │ Chemotherapy │ Chemotherapy

Chest Pains │ Chest Pains

Chest X-ray

Child Abuse │ Child Abuse │ Child Abuse │ Child Abuse │ Child Abuse  │ Child Abuse

Chlamydia

Choice-Psych Meds

  Choking │ Choking │ Choking  │ Choking │ Choking │ Choking │ Choking │ Choking

Cholesterol │ Cholesterol

Cigarette Lighter

Circulating Nurse

Circulation Checks

Circumstantial Evidence

Civil Monetary Penalty  │ Civil Monetary Penalty │ Civil Monetary Penalty │ Civil Monetary Penalty

Civil Monetary Penalty │ Civil Monetary Penalty

Civil Rights │ Civil Rights │ Civil Rights

Clostridium 

Cocaine Screen │ Cocaine Screen

Code

Code Status

Coffee

Colon Cancer

Colonoscopy │  Colonoscopy

Colostomy │ Colostomy

Combative Patient  │ Combative Patient │ Combative Patient

Commode │ Commode │ Commode

Communication

Community Integration

Compartment Syndrome │ Compartment Syndrome  │ Compartment Syndrome │ Compartment Syndrome

Complaints

Concealment

Confidentiality  │  Confidentiality │ Confidentiality │ Confidentiality 

Confidentiality  │ Confidentiality  │ Confidentiality │ Confidentiality │ Confidentiality

Confidentiality │ Confidentiality

Congestive Heart Failure

Consent Forms

Consent, Informed

Constructive Discharge

Continuing Nursing Education

Contraband

Contractures

Contraindicated │ Contraindicated

COPD

Coronary Bypass

Corporate Negligence

Corrections  │ Corrections  │ Corrections  │ Corrections │ Corrections │ Corrections  │ Corrections  │ Corrections

Corrections

Corticosteroids

Coumadin  │ Coumadin

Crash Cart

Credit Cards

Crime

Crisis Line │ Crisis Line

Cruelty

CT

Cunningham Clamp

Cytomegalovirus │ Cytomegalovirus

Cytotec

D

 Data Set

Deaf Patient

Death

Death Certificate

Decubitus  │ Decubitus │ Decubitus │ Decubitus │ Decubitus 

Decubitus │ Decubitus  │ Decubitus │ Decubitus  │ Decubitus

 Deep Vein Thrombosis │Deep Vein Thrombosis │ Deep Vein Thrombosis

Defamation │ Defamation  │ Defamation

Defensive Charting

Defibrillator

Dehydration  │ Dehydration  │ Dehydration │ Dehydration │ Dehydration │ Dehydration │ Dehydration │ Dehydration

Delegation  │  Delegation

Dementia │ Dementia │ Dementia  │ Dementia  │ Dementia │ Dementia

Dementia Care

Dentures

Detainee

Detox  │ Detox

Developmental Disability

Diabetes Insipidus │ Diabetes Insipidus

Diabetic │ Diabetic │ Diabetic │ Diabetic │ Diabetic

Diabetic Coma

Dialysis  │ Dialysis

Dialysis-Medicaid Coverage

Digoxin

Dilantin

Dilaudid

Disability, Temporary

Disability Discrimination │  Disability Discrimination │ Disability Discrimination  │ Disability Discrimination

Disability Discrimination │ Disability Discrimination │  Disability Discrimination │  Disability Discrimination

Disabled Adult

Discharge  │ Discharge │ Discharge │ Discharge

Discharge Instructions

Discharge-Nursing Home-Involuntary

Discharge Orders

Discharge Planning

Discharge-Psychiatric │ Discharge-Psychiatric

Discipline │ Discipline

 Discrimination │ Discrimination │ Discrimination │ Discrimination │ Discrimination │ Discrimination │ Discrimination

Discrimination

Discrimination-Disability-Allergies/Migraines

Discrimination-Disability-Attention Deficit Disorder

Discrimination-Disability-Back Injury │ Discrimination-Disability-Back Injury  │ Discrimination-Disability-Back Injury

Discrimination-Disability-Chemical Sensitivities

Discrimination-Disability-Diabetes  │ Discrimination-Disability-Diabetes

Discrimination-Disability-Epilepsy

Discrimination-Disability-Erratic Behavior

Discrimination-Disability-HIV │  Discrimination-Employment-HIV

Discrimination-Disability-Hypertension  │ Discrimination-Disability- Hypertension

Discrimination-Disability-Lupus

Discrimination-Disability-Multiple Sclerosis  │  Discrimination-Disability-Multiple Sclerosis

Discrimination-Disability-Wheelchair

Discrimination-Employment-Burden of Proof

Discrimination-Disability-Protective Equipment

Discrimination-Disability-Patient in Wheelchair

Discrimination-Disability-Reasonable Accommodation

Discrimination-National Origin  │  Discrimination-National Origin  │ Discrimination-National Origin

Discrimination - Native American

Discrimination-Pregnancy

Discrimination-Restricted License-Narcotics Diversion

Diuretic

Diversion

Documentation  │ Documentation  │Documentation │ Documentation │ Documentation │ Documentation │ Documentation

Do Not Resuscitate DNR │ Do Not Resuscitate DNR  │ Do Not Resuscitate DNR │ Do Not Resuscitate DNR

Domestic Partner

Domestic Violence

Donor Screening

Dressing

Drowning

Drug Abuse  │ Drug Abuse

Drug Addiction  │ Drug Addiction

Drug Allergy

Drug-Free Policy

Drug Reaction  │ Drug Reaction │ Drug Reaction

Drug Rehab  │ Drug Rehab

Drug Screen │ Drug Screen

Drug Seeking Behavior │ Drug Seeking Behavior

Drug Test

Durable Power of Attorney

Dysphagia

E

Ecchymoses

ECT

Ectopic Pregnancy

EEOC

Elder Abuse

Electrocardiogram

Electroconvulsive Therapy

Elopement │ Elopement  │ Elopement  │ Elopement  │ Elopement  │ Elopement  │ Elopement │ Elopement

Elopement  │ Elopement  │ Elopement │ Elopement │ Elopement │ Elopement │ Elopement │ Elopement │ Elopement

Embolism

Emergency Medicine │  Emergency Medicine

Emergency Room │ Emergency Room

Emergency Room-Assessment │ Emergency Room-Assessment │ Emergency Room-Assessment

Emergency Room Assessment  │ Emergency Room-Assessment  │ Emergency Room-Assessment

Emergency Room-Bandage

Emergency Room - Cardiac  │ Emergency Room - Cardiac │ Emergency Room - Cardiac │ Emergency Room - Cardiac

Emergency Room - Cardiac

Emergency Room-Cardiac Monitor

Emergency Room - Civil Rights

Emergency Room - Contraband

Emergency Room Dehydration

Emergency Room-Diagnosis

Emergency Room-Discharge

Emergency Room Dog Bite

Emergency Room Nurse  │ Emergency Room Nurse

Emergency Room Obstetric │ Emergency Room Obstetric

Emergency Room Patient

Emergency Room -Pediatric Patient

Emergency Room-Transfer

Emergency Room Trauma

Emergency Room Triage

Employee Assistance Program

Employment-Constructive Discharge

Employment Discrimination

Employment-Progressive Discipline

Employment References

EMTALA Article

Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)  │  EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA

EMTALA  │ EMTALA │ EMTALA │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA │ EMTALA │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA

 EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA

EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA

EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA   │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA

 EMTALA │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA  │ EMTALA │ EMTALA │ EMTALA │ EMTALA │ EMTALA │ EMTALA 

EMTALA  │ EMTALA   │ EMTALA   │ EMTALA 

Enema-Abuse │ Enema-Abuse

English Language

English-Only Rule  │ English-Only Rule  │ English-Only Rule

Ensure │ Ensure

Entrapment │ Entrapment

Epidural │ Epidural │ Epidural

Epidural Morphine

Epilepsy │ Epilepsy │ Epilepsy

Epstein-Barr Virus

Equal Pay

Equipment

Errands

Erratic Behavior

Euthanasia

Evangelizing

Evidence │ Evidence

Examination

Excessive Force

Experimental Surgery

Expert Witness  │ Expert Witness  │ Expert Witness  │  Expert Witness  │ Expert Witness  │ Expert Witness

Expert Witness  │ Expert Witness │ Expert Witness │ Expert Witness │ Expert Witness

Extravasation │ Extravasation

F

Facebook

Failure to Thrive

Fainting  │ Fainting │ Fainting │ Fainting │ Fainting

Fair Labor Standards

Fair Representation

Fall │Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall  │ Fall │ Fall  │ Fall │Fall  │ Fall  │ Fall  │ Fall  │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall

Fall │Fall │Fall  │Fall  │Fall  │Fall  │Fall  │ Fall  │ Fall  │ Fall  │ Fall  │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall

Fall  │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall │ Fall  │ Fall  │ Fall  │ Fall  │ Fall │ Fall

Fall Assessment │ Fall Assessment │ Fall Assessment

Fall Care Plan │ Fall Care Plan │ Fall Care Plan

Fall-Chair  │ Fall-Chair

Fall-Operating Room

Fall Precautions

Fall, Psych Patient

Fall Risk  │ Fall Risk │ Fall Risk │ Fall Risk

Fall-Toilet

False Claims Act │ False Claims Act │ False Claims Act │ False Claims Act

False Imprisonment

False Negative

Falsification │ Falsification │ Falsification  │ Falsification

Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)  │ FMLA │ FMLA │ FMLA  │  FMLA  │  FMLA  │  FMLA

 FMLA │ FMLA │  FMLA│  FMLA│  FMLA │  FMLA│  FMLA │  FMLA │  FMLA │  FMLA  │  FMLA

Family Member │ Family Member  │ Family Member │ Family Member

Family Member Physician

Family Nurse Practitioner

Family Secrets

Fax

FDA

Fecal Impaction

Fecal Incontinence

Federal Regulations

Feeding Assistants

Feeding Tube │ Feeding Tube │ Feeding Tube │ Feeding Tube

Female Nurse - Female Patient

Femoral Head

Fentanyl

Fetal Bleeding

Fetal Monitor │ Fetal Monitor  │ Fetal Monitor  │ Fetal Monitor │ Fetal Monitor  │ Fetal Monitor

Fetal Remains

Fibromyalgia

Finances

Financial Abuse

Fire

Fire Safety │ Fire Safety

Flash Sterilization │ Flash Sterilization

Flu Vaccine  │ Flu Vaccine │ Flu Vaccine │ Flu Vaccine │ Flu Vaccine  │ Flu Vaccine

Fluid Overload

Foley Catheter

Following Orders

Force Feeding

Forceps Delivery

Foreseeability

Fracture

Fragrance Allergy

Fraud

Freedom of Religion

Freedom of Speech │ Freedom of Speech │ Freedom of Speech

Freedom of Speech │ Freedom of Speech │ Freedom of Speech

Full Code

Fundal Pressure  │ Fundal Pressure  │ Fundal Pressure  │ Fundal Pressure

Funds

G

G Tube

Gases, Medical

Gastrostomic Tube

Gastrostomy │ Gastrostomy

Gender Discrimination

Gender-Job Assignments │ Gender-Job Assignments  │ Gender-Job Assignments

Gentamicin 

Geri Chair

Geriatric Sex │ Geriatric Sex

Gestational Diabetes │ Gestational Diabetes

Gifts

Good Samaritan │ Good Samaritan │ Good Samaritan

Gossip

Gown, Hospital

Gratuities

Gravely Disabled

Groshong Catheter

Guardianship

Guns

Gunshot Wound

H

H1N1 │ H1N1

Hair Cut

Haldol │ Haldol

Hallway

Hand Rubs

Hand Sanitizer

Hand Washing

Harassment │ Harassment

Hardware

Head Injury

Health Care Acquired Conditions

Health Care Reform

Health Maintenance Organization  │ HMO

  Hearing-Impaired Nurse │ Hearing-Impaired Nurse │ Hearing-Impaired Nurse

Hearing-Impaired Patient │ Hearing-Impaired Patient │ Hearing-Impaired Patient  │ Hearing-Impaired Patient

Hearing Impaired Patient │ Hearing Impaired Patient  │ Hearing-Impaired Patient

Heart Attack │ Heart Attack

Heat Stroke

Heat Wave │ Heat

Helmet  │ Helmet

Hemoglobin

Hemorrhage

Hemostat

Heparin  │ Heparin │ Heparin │ Heparin

Heparin Lock

Hepatitis A

 Hepatitis C

High-Risk Pregnancy

Hip Dislocation

Hip Fracture

  HIPAA │ HIPAA │ HIPAA  │ HIPAA  │ HIPAA

History

HIV Discrimination-Patient │ HIV Discrimination-Patient

HIV-Discrimination-Phlebotomist

HIV Harassment

HIV Nurse Midwife

HIV+ Patient-Nursing Student Infected

HIV+ Tech

HIV Status  │ HIV Status  │ HIV Status │ HIV Status  │ HIV Status

HIV Test │ HIV Test  │ HIV Test-High Risk OB/GYN │ HIV Test  │ HIV Test  │ HIV Test 

  Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health  │ Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health 

Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health  │ Home Health

 Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health │ Home Health

Homophobia

Horseplay

Hospice │ Hospice │ Hospice

Hospital Bed │ Hospital Bed

Hospital Transfer

Hostage Crisis

Hostile Environment

Hoyer Lift │ Hoyer Lift │ Hoyer Lift │ Hoyer Lift

Huntington's Chorea

Hurricane

Hydration  │  Hydration

Hyperkalemia │ Hyperkalemia

Hyperthermia

Hypoglycemia │ Hypoglycemia │ Hypoglycemia

I 

Ice Pack │ Ice Pack

ICU Nursing │ ICU Nursing │ ICU Nursing  │ ICU Nursing  │ ICU Nursing 

ICU Psychosis

Identity Theft │ Identity Theft │ Identity Theft

Illegal Act

IM Injection │ IM Injection │ IM Injection │ IM Injection │ IM Injection

Immediate Jeopardy

Immunizations │ Immunizations │ Immunizations │ Immunizations

Impairment-Narcotics

Imperforate Anus

Impulse Disorder

Incident

Incident Reports  │  Incident Reports

Incompetence

Incontinence

Independence

Induction, Labor

Infant Dropped

Infection

Infection Control

Informed Consent │ Informed Consent │Informed Consent  │Informed Consent │Informed Consent │ Informed Consent

Informed Consent

Injection Site │ Injection Site │ Injection Site

Inmate

Insubordination

Insulin Dependent Diabetes

Insulin Drip

Insulin Overdose  │ Insulin Overdose

Insurance │ Insurance

Interference

Intermittent Pneumatic Compression

Internal Bleeding

Interpretive Services

Intoxication

Intubation

Invasion of Privacy

Investigation

Involuntary Transfer

Iodine Allergy │ Iodine Allergy

Ischemia

Islamic Nurse

IV Anesthetics

IV Bag │ IV Bag

IV Fluids

IV Infiltration  │ IV Infiltration

IV Insertion

IV Sites  │  IV Sites

IV Technique

J 

Jehovah's Witness-Blood Transfusion

JCAHO │  JCAHO

Jail Nursing

Job Change

Job Performance

K

Ketoacidosis

Kickbacks

L

Lab Results  │ Lab Results

Lab Tests

Labetalol

Labor & Delivery │ Labor & Delivery │ Labor & Delivery │  Labor & Delivery │ Labor & Delivery

Labor & Delivery  │ Labor & Delivery │ Labor & Delivery │ Labor & Delivery │ Labor & Delivery

Labor & Delivery │ Labor & Delivery │ Labor & Delivery │ Labor & Delivery

Labor & Delivery-Narcotics

Labor Law │ Labor Law  │ Labor Law  │  Labor Law

Language Barrier  │ Language Barrier

Lantus Insulin

Laparotomy Sponge │  Laparotomy Sponge

Lasik

Last-Chance Agreement

Latex Allergy │ Latex Allergy │ Latex Allergy │ Latex Allergy

Least Restrictive Alternative │ Least Restrictive Alternative

Left Alone

Libel and Slander

License │ License │ License

Life Insurance

Lift Chair

Lifting │ Lifting │ Lifting │ Lifting

Lifting Restriction │Lifting Restriction │Lifting Restriction  │Lifting Restriction  │ Lifting Restriction

Light Duty │ Light Duty │ Light Duty │ Light Duty │ Light Duty

Lithium

Living Will  │ Living Will  │ Living Will

Long-Term Care Insurance

Lung Cancer

Lupus

Lyme Disease

Lymphoma

M 

Male Nurse-Discrimination │  Male Nurse-Discrimination │Male Nurse-Discrimination │ Male Nurse-Discrimination

Male Aide - Female Patient │Male Nurse -  Female Patient │Male Nurse - Female Patient

Male Nurse - Female Patient

Male Staff  │ Male Staff │ Male Staff │ Male Staff

Malpractice Insurance

Malpractice-Nursing  │ Malpractice-Nursing

Maternal Fever

McRoberts Maneuver

Meconium

Medicaid Wage Rates

Medical Battery  │ Medical Battery

Medical Emergency │ Medical Emergency

Medical Error

Medical Equipment │ Medical Equipment

Medical Records

Medical Restrictions

Medicare Billing Practices

Medicare Fraud

Medicare Manuals

Medicare Part A

Medication Allergy

Medication Error  │ Medication Error │ Medication Error │ Medication Error │ Medication Error

Medication Error  │ Medication Error │ Medication Error  │ Medication Error  │ Medication Error

Medication Noncompliance

Medication Pump

Medication Reaction

Megacolon

Melenic Stools 

Meniere's Disease

Mental Health Evaluation

Mental Health Hold

Mental Health Records

Mental Stress

Midwifery │ Midwifery

Migraines

Military Service │ Military Service

Minimum Wage

Minority Nurse

Miranda Warning

Misappropriation

Miscarriage   │ Miscarriage │ Miscarriage │ Miscarriage

Misconduct │  Misconduct │  Misconduct  │Misconduct  │  Misconduct │  Misconduct │  Misconduct │  Misconduct

Mistreatment

Monitor Strips

Monitor Tracings

Moral Coercion │  Moral Coercion

Morphine Pump

Morphine Toxicity │  Morphine Toxicity

MRI │ MRI

MRSA │ MRSA │ MRSA │ MRSA

Multiple Sclerosis │ Multiple Sclerosis

Munchausen's Syndrome

Murder  │  Murder │  Murder

Myocardial Infarction  │ Myocardial Infarction │ Myocardial Infarction

N

Narcotics

Narcotics Abuse

Narcotics Addiction

Narcotics Diversion │  Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion │Narcotics Diversion

Narcotics Diversion  │ Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion

Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion

Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion │ Narcotics Diversion

Narcotics Diversion

Nasogastric Tube  │ Nasogastric Tube  │ Nasogastric Tube

National Practitioner Databank

Native American

Needle, Broken

Needle Caps

Needle Count

Needlestick │ Needlestick │ Needlestick  │ Needlestick │ Needlestick │ Needlestick │ Needlestick

Neglect │ Neglect │ Neglect │ Neglect │ Neglect │ Neglect │ Neglect │ Neglect │ Neglect │ Neglect

Negligence

Neonatal Nursing │ Neonatal Nursing │ Neonatal Nursing │ Neonatal Nursing

Neonatal Intensive Care │ Neonatal Intensive Care

Neonatal Intensive Care │ Neonatal Intensive Care │ Neonatal Intensive Care

Neonatal Intensive Care

Nerve Block

Neuro Consult

Neurological Assessment

Neurosurgery │ Neurosurgery

Newborn Nursery  │ Newborn Nursery  │ Newborn Nursery

Next of Kin

No Code Order │ No Code Order │ No Code Order

No Solicitation Rule

No Spanish Rule

Non-Competition

Noncompliance  │ Noncompliance

Non-Union Nurses

Norovirus

Nosocomial Pneumonia

NPO │ NPO

Nurse as Patient │Nurse as Patient

Nurse Consultant

Nurse Midwife  │ Nurse Midwife

Nurse/Patient Relationship

Nurse Plaintiff

Nurse Practitioner │  Nurse Practitioner │  Nurse Practitioner  │ Nurse Practitioner │ Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner  │ Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Therapist

Nursing Diagnosis   Nursing Diagnosis

Nursing Documentation │ Nursing Documentation  │ Nursing Documentation

Nursing Facilities

Nursing Home Abuse

Nursing Home Administrator

Nursing Home Admission │ Nursing Home Admission │ Nursing Home Admission │ Nursing Home Admission

Nursing Home Admission  │  Nursing Home Discharge

Nursing Home Fall

Nursing Home-Hip Fracture-Unexplained

Nursing Home Patients' Bill of Rights

Nursing Home Resident Fall  │ Nursing Home Resident Fall │ Nursing Home Resident Falls

Nursing Home Sexual Abuse

Nursing Home-Tuberculosis

Nursing Judgment

Nursing Leadership

Nursing Malpractice

Nursing Standards

Nutrition │ Nutrition

O

OASIS │ OASIS  │ OASIS │ OASIS

Obese Patient

Obstructed Bowel

Occlusion, Arterial 

Off Label

Office Assistant

On-Call Physician

On-Call Nurse

One-to-One

Oophorectomy

Operating Room-Bovie Pad

Operating Room-Circulating Nurse-Documentation

Operating Room-Electrocautery

Operating Room-Fall │ Operating Room-Fall

Operating Room-Infection

Operating Room-Lap Sponges

Operating Room-Nitrogen Embolism

Operating Room-Positioning │ Positioning

Operating Room-Practices

Operating Room-Sponge Count

Operating Room-Training │ Operating Room-Training

Opinions

Opportunistic Infection

Orderlies

Organ Donors

Organ Transplants  │ Organ Transplants

Orthopedic Hardware

OSHA

Osteoporosis

Outburst

Overdose  │ Overdose  │ Overdose  │ Overdose │ Overdose

Overdose │ Overdose │ Overdose │ Overdose │ Overdose │ Overdose

Overdose,Heroin

Overdose, Insulin

Overtime Pay │ Overtime Pay │ Overtime Pay │ Overtime Pay

Oxygen

Oxygen Ports

Oxygen Saturation

P 

PACU

Pain

Panic

Paralysis

Paraplegia

Parkinson's

Passy Muir Valve

Pathology

Patient-Controlled Analgesia  │ Patient-Controlled Analgesia │ Patient-Controlled Analgesia

Patient Will Not Leave

Patients' Rights

PCA Pump  │ PCA Pump

Pediatric Intensive Care

Pediatric Patient  │ Pediatric Patient │ Pediatric Patient

Peer Review  │ Peer Review

PEG Tube

Penrose Drain

Perioperative Nursing │ Perioperative Nursing │ Perioperative Nursing │ Perioperative Nursing

Perpetrator

Persistent Vegetative State

Phenergan │ Phenergan │ Phenergan

Phlebotomy

Phobia

Phone Assessment  │ Phone Assessment  │ Phone Assessment

Phone Contact

Photos

Physician's Assistant

Physician Family Member

PICC │ PICC

Pillow

Pinching

Pitocin │ Pitocin  │ Pitocin │ Pitocin │ Pitocin │ Pitocin │ Pitocin │ Pitocin │ Pitocin │ Pitocin  │ Pitocin

Placental Abruption

Plain View

Plavix

Pneumonia

Poison │ Poison

Police Investigation │ Police Investigation │ Police Investigation

Polygraph

Posey Vest │ Posey Vest

Post-Anesthesia Recovery   │  Post-Anesthesia Recovery  │ Post-Anesthesia Recovery 

Post Mortem Care │ Post Mortem Care

Post-Op Nursing │ Post-Op Nursing │ Post-Op Nursing │ Post-Op Nursing │ Post-Op Nursing

Post-Operative Orders

Post-Partum │ Post-Partum

Post-Surgical Nursing  │  Post-Surgical Nursing │  Post-Surgical Nursing │  Post-Surgical Nursing

Post-Surgical Nursing │  Post-Surgical Nursing │  Post-Surgical Nursing

Post-Term Pregnancy

Post-Traumatic Stress

Power Of Attorney │ Power Of Attorney  │ Power Of Attorney │ Power Of Attorney

Power Of Attorney │ Power Of Attorney │ Power Of Attorney

Preeclampsia │ Preeclampsia │  Preeclampsia

Preemie │  Preemie │ Preemie

Pregnancy Discrimination  │ Pregnancy Discrimination  │ Pregnancy Discrimination │ Pregnancy Discrimination 

Pregnancy Discrimination  │ Pregnancy Discrimination  │  Pregnancy Discrimination │  Pregnancy Discrimination

Pregnancy Discrimination  │  Pregnancy Discrimination  │  Pregnancy Discrimination

Premature Discharge

Premature Infant

Prenatal Care │ Prenatal Care │ Prenatal Care

Prescriptions

Pressure Sores │ Pressure Sores  │ Pressure Sores │ Pressure Sores

Pressure Sores  │ Pressure Sores │ Pressure Sores │ Pressure Sores

Pre-Surgery Assessment

Pre-Surgery Medications

Prison Nursing │ Prison Nursing

Privacy Rights │ Privacy Rights

PRN Medication

Professional Judgment

Professionalism

Progress Notes │ Progress Notes │ Progress Notes

Prostate Surgery

Protective Custody

Prozac

Psych Assessment  │ Psych Assessment

Psych Commitment │ Psych Commitment  │ Psych Commitment

Psychiatric Detention

Psychiatric Emergency

Psychiatric Examination

Psychiatric History

Psychiatric Hold │ Psychiatric Hold

Psych Medications  │ Psych Medications  │ Psych Medications  │ Psych Medications