Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
Online Edition 2014
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January 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/january2014/january2014.pdf
Post-Neurosurgery Nursing Care
- Resident vs. Resident
Assault
Skin Care/Nursing Expert
- Nurse/Disability
Discrimination
Patient Suicide/Nursing
Facility/Adequate Supervision
Minority Nurse/Race Discrimination
- Racial Bias/Minority Tech
Nurse Whistleblower
- Hearing Impaired Hospital
Patient
Patient Suicide/Stevens-Johnson
Syndrome -
Vitiligo/Nursing Care
Psychiatric Emergency/EMTALA/Refusal
Of Care/Informed Consent
Functionally Impaired Person - Post-Surgery E.R. Visit/EMTALA
February 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/february2014/february2014.pdf
Nurse Practitioner/Sepsis/Multiple
Organ Failure/Misdiagnosis
Operating Room/Surgical
Microscope/Patient Burned/Negligence
Patient's Fall/Nursing
Assessment/Bed Alarm
Emergency Preparedness/Proposed New
CMS Regulations
Disability Discrimination/Reasonable
Accommodation
Nurse/Violence In The Workplace
- CNA/Pregnancy
Discrimination
Sexual Harassment/Gay Male Nurse vs.
Gay Male Nurse
Nurse/Patient Confidentiality - Nursing Home/Arbitration
March 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/march2014/march2014.pdf
Nursing Negligence/Subsequent
Remedial Measures
Invasion Of Privacy/Chemical
Dependency Treatment
Nursing License/Chemical Dependency
- Defamation
Mental Illness/Disability
Discrimination -
Reverse Discrimination
Nurse/Age/Gender Discrimination
- Nurse/Race Discrimination
Destruction Of Evidence/Video
Recording Of E.R. Lobby
Sulfa Allergy
- Deep Vein
Thrombosis/Discharge Instructions
O.R. Nursing - Labor Law - Nursing Documentation
April 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/april2014/april2014.pdf
Nurse's Medication Error/Fault
Admitted/No Liability
Skilled Nursing/Sexual Abuse
- Nurse Anesthetist/Negligent
Intubation
O.R. Nurse/Assault And Battery
- Involuntary Psychiatric
Hold
Skin Care/Decubitus
Ulcer/Sepsis/Death -
Nurse's Work Breaks
Race Discrimination
- Disability
Discrimination/Employment
Nursing Assessment/Triage/Sudden
Cardiac Death -
Skin Care
Narcotics/Nursing Assessment
- Haldol/Nursing Assessment
Arbitration/Health Care Proxy - Nurse/Patient/Professional Boundaries
May 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/may2014/may2014.pdf
Cardiac Care Nursing/Anticoagulant
Therapy -
EMTALA
Emergency Room/Patient's Fall
- Arbitration/Mental
Competence
Poisoning/Co-Worker's Malicious Act
- Nurse/Whistleblower
Nurse/Fertility Treatments/Pregnancy
Discrimination
Nurse/Personnel Grievances/Freedom
Of Speech
Nurse/False Claims Act
- Nurse/Patient Assaulted By
Physician
Nurse/Morphine Overdose
- End Of Life/Family's
Lawsuit
Nurse/Hospital Discharge - Nurse/Disability Discrimination
June 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/june2014/june2014.pdf
Nurse Practitioners/Breast Cancer Diagnosis Delayed
Toxic Epidural Necrolysis - Post-Stent Nursing Care - Skin Care
Nursing Home Negligence - Nursing Home/Involuntary Discharge
Nurse/Narcotics Diversion/Drug Testing
Nurse/Patient Neglect Nurse/Whistleblower - Nurse/Unexcused Absence - Race
Bias
Labor & Delivery Nursing/Post-Partum Fall - Trache Care
Nurse/Disability Discrimination - Code/Intubation Supplies
Nurse/Sexual Harassment - Family And Medical Leave Act
July 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/july2014/july2014.pdf
Abuse/Neglect/Tetanus Vaccination - Nurse Concealed Facts
Patient NPO Three Days/Sepsis/Death - Psychiatric Nursing
Nurse/Whistleblower/Retaliation - Sexual Harassment
Nurse/Religious Discrimination - Child Abuse/Nurse/Psych Hold
Patient Falls/Nurse - Patient Sexually Assaulted In Hospital
Breakdown/Disability Discrimination - IV Pole Falls On Patient
Nurse/Staff
Reassignments/Age Discrimination
Packing Left In Surgical Wound/Res Ipsa Loquitur
August 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/august2014/august2014.pdf
Fall/Nurse Left Patient Left Alone
On Toilet -
Fall/Nursing Negligence
Speech Impaired Patient/Disability
Discrimination - Labor & Delivery
Delegation Of Nursing Responsibility
- Nurse Whistleblower
Nurse/Discrimination/Social Security
Disability -
Impaired Nurse
Skin Care/Nursing Negligence
- Correctional Nursing
Emergency Department/Nursing Neglect
- Breast Cancer
Labor & Delivery Nursing/Prolapsed
Cord/Nursing Assessment
US False Claims Act - Nursing Assistant/Pregnancy Discrimination
September 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/september2014/september2014.pdf
Nursing Fall-Risk Assessment/Bed
Alarm -
School Nursing
Fall/Nurse's Disciplinary Record
- Religious Discrimination
Crohn's Disease/Nurse/Disability
Discrimination
Occupational Injury/Nurse/Disability
Discrimination
Hearing Impairment/Nurse/Disability
Discrimination
Nursing License
- Morphine/Nursing Negligence
- EMTALA
Hospital Discharge/Post-Colonoscopy
- Laparotomy Sponge
Occupational Injury/Worker's Comp - Nursing Home/Arbitrati
October 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/october2014/october2014.pdf
Emergency Department Nursing/EMTALA
- Psychiatric Nursing
Nursing Home/Visitor/Business
Invitee/Slip/Fall/Negligence
Involuntary Psychiatric Medication
- Nurse/Whistleblower
Nurse/Sexual
Orientation/Discrimination/Harassment
- Race Bias
Post-Operative
Nursing/Assessment/Limb Ischemia/Amputation
Nursing Home/Arbitration
Agreement/Family Member/Legal Authority
Wound
Care/Assessment/Documentation/Physician Communication
Medicare/Medicaid/US False Claims Act - Physicians' Orders/Conflict
November 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/november2014/november2014.pdf
Hearing Impaired Patient/Disability
Discrimination -
Autopsy
Choking/Patient Death/Negligence
- Skin Care/Nursing
Negligence
Psychiatric
Nursing/Physical/Chemical/Restraint/Excessive Force
Nurse/Disability
Discrimination/Multiple Sclerosis -
Mental Exam
Nurse/Defamation
- Informed Consent/Bariatric
Surgery
Public Health
- Nursing
Home/Liability/State Survey Reports
ER Nursing/Patient Suicide
- Post-Surgical
Nursing/Negligence
Home Health/Medicare/Medicaid/New Conditions Of Participation
December 2014 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/december2014/december2014.pdf
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/Toxic
Epidermal Necrolysis
Labor & Delivery Nursing
- Restraint-Free
Facility/Fall Out Of Bed
Correctional Nursing/Deliberate
Indifference -
Patient Fall
Nurse/Whistleblower
- Patient Disrespect
- Pregnancy Discrimination
Arbitration Agreement/Power Of
Attorney/Patient's Mental Capacity
BIPAP/Oxygenation During Patient
Transport -
Confidentiality
Bowel Ischemia/Nursing Assessment
- On-Call Hospital Staff
Home Health/Medicare/Eligibility/New
CMS Regulations