Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
Online Edition 2015
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Cumulative Online Edition Index 2013 - 2024
January 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/january2015/january2015.pdf
Labor & Delivery/Emergency Medical
Treatment And Active Labor Act
Involuntary Mental Health
Commitment/Suicidal Ideation
Scope Of Nursing Practice/Wrongful
Termination/Retaliation Lawsuit
Racial Discrimination/Pattern Of
Racially Differential Treatment
Family And Medical Leave Act/Family
Member's Serious Condition
Chemical Dependency/Disability
Discrimination/License Restriction
Patient Fall/Assistance To Transfer
- Sequential Compression
CMS Regulations/Same-Sex Spouse - Acetaminophen/FDA Warning
February 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/february2015/february2015.pdf
Patient's Fall/Nursing
Assessment/Interventions/Fall Care Plan
Antineoplastic
Medications/Exposure/NIOSH Intelligence Bulletin
Mobility Disability/Discrimination
- Medicaid/Long Term Care
Neglect/Alzheimer's Patient
- FMLA/Family Member's
Pregnancy
FMLA Rights
/Interference/Retaliation -
HIV Testing/Consent
Advanced Nursing
Practice/Prescription Authority/Civil Liability
Dependent Adult Abuse
- Race Discrimination/Nurse
vs. Physician
Nurse Whistleblower - CDC/Vaccine Information Materials
March 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/march2015/march2015.pdf
Nurse/Mandatory
Reporter/Abuse/Neglect/Vulnerable Adult
Operating Room/Positioning/Arm
Board/Radial Nerve Injury
Operating Room/Retained
Instrument/Res Ipsa Loquitur
Sexual Assault/Nursing
Responsibility -
Nurse/Racial Harassment
Nurse/National Origin Discrimination
- Nurse/Disability
Discrimination
Patient's Fall
- Arbitration/Power Of
Attorney/Arbitration Agreement
Nurse/Injury/Workers Compensation
- Attorney/Nursing Home
Nursing Documentation/Substandard Care/Nursing Negligence
April 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/april2015/april2015.pdf
Unsupervised Nurse Practitioner/US
False Claims Act/Civil Lawsuit
Post-Surgical Complications
- Labor & Delivery Nursing
Family And Medical Leave Act/Nurse's
Serious Health Condition
Pregnancy
Discrimination/Nurse/Unequal Disciplinary Measures
Nurse Reported To Board/Intentional
Infliction Of Emotional Distress
Nurse Patient Race-Matching/Civil
Rights Act/Race Discrimination
Narcotics Diversion/Federal
Regulations/Skilled Nursing Facility
Nurse/Drainage Tube Care - Pressure Sores/Urinary Tract Infection
May 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/may2015/may2015.pdf
HIPAA/Nurse/Coworker/Medical
Confidentiality -
EMTALA/Miscarriage
Labor & Delivery
Nursing/Periventricular Leukomalacia
- MRSA
Multiple Homicides/Hospital's
Liability -
Minority Nurse/Racial Bias
Nurse Midwife/Seventh Day
Adventist/Freedom Of Religion
Nurse/Family And Medical Leave Act
- Fall/Commode Seat
Nurse/Medication Reconciliation
Error -
Nurse/Worker's Comp
Skilled Nursing/CMS Regulations
- Home Health/Medicare Fraud
Nurse Practitioner/Emergency Psychiatric Care/Patient Suicide
June 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/june2015/june2015.pdf
Nursing Documentation
- Gastric Bypass/Candidate
Selection
Male vs. Female Nurse
Confrontation/Gender Discrimination
Mock Hostage Drill/Nurse Sues As
Victim Of Terrorist Tactics
Nurse/Family And Medical Leave Act
- Nurse Failed To Pass Meds
Nurse/Stress/Depression/Lupus/Disability Discrimination
Inconsistent Labs
- Narcotics Overdose/Failure
To Communicate
Blood Donors/HIV/New FDA Guidance
- Nurse/Patient Suicide
Life Support - Arbitration - Patient Fall/CNA/Federal Regulations
July 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/july2015/july2015.pdf
Patient Fall/Nursing Assessment
- Organ
Transplantation/Hepatitis C
Miscommunication/Wrongful Birth
- Nurses/Psychiatric
Medication
Racial Discrimination/Hostile Work
Environment/Corrective Action
Nurse/PTSD/Worker's Compensation
- Physician/Nurse/Slander
Racial Discrimination/Uneven
Discipline -
Nurse/Narcotics Diversion
Nurse/Scope Of Practice/Refusal To
Give Medication
Trip And Fall/Hospital Bed/Medical
Tubing/Call Button Cord
Surgery/Nurse's Duty To Intervene - CDC/Vaccines/Hazardous Drugs
August 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/august2015/august2015/pdf
Labor & Delivery Nursing/Standard Of
Care -
Nurse Practitioner
IM Injection/Outdated Nursing
Standard -
CRNA/Whistleblower
Hearing Impaired Family
Member/Disability Discrimination
Epilepsy/Disability Discrimination
- Back Injury/Discrimination
Worker's Compensation/Agency
Nurse/Borrowed/Loaned Employee
Long Term Care/Proposed New
Standards/Medicare/Medicaid
Nurse Writing Prescriptions
- Sexual Assault/CNA vs.
Patient
Nurse/Medication Side Effects - Advance Directive
September 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/september2015/september2015.pdf
Cardiac Telemetry/Leads/Nursing
Standard Of Care
Hearing Impaired
Patients/ASL/Disability Discrimination
Scope Of Nursing Practice
- Excessive Force/Patient's
Rights
Nurse/Family And Medical Leave Act
- Nurse/Age Discrimination
Nurse/Disability Discrimination
- Nurses/Labor Law Rights
Choking Death
- Medical Confidentiality
- Labor & Delivery
Nurse/Emergency Medical Treatment
And Active Labor Act
Nurse/Mandatory Flu Vaccination - Non-Competition Agreement
October 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/october2015/october2015.pdf
Assisted Living/Mobility
Issues/Hazardous Premises/Fall
Hearing-Impaired Family Members
- Hospital/Sexual Assault
Nursing Facility/Accident/Duty To
Report -
Disability Discrimination
Threat Of Violence/Employee
Misconduct -
Disability/Brain Tumor
Impaired Nurse/Disability
Discrimination -
Race Discrimination
Labor & Delivery/Nurses As Patient
Advocates -
Peer Review
Discrimination/Patient's Rights
- Compartment Syndrome
Defamation - HIPAA - Patient's Last Will And Testament
November 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/november2015/november2015.pdf
Medical Confidentiality/Nurse
Wrongfully Accessed Patients' Charts
Intoxicated Emergency Room
Patient/Stroke/EMTALA Lawsuit
Emergency Room/Nurse/Patient
Monitoring -
Patient Fall
Family And Medical Leave Act/Nurse's
Rights Violated
Age Discrimination/Nurse
- Race
Discrimination/Nurse/Retaliation
Medical Surgical Nursing/Patient
Death/Nursing Negligence
Left Ventricular Assist
Device/Nurse/Patient Teaching -
Foley Catheter
CDC/Vaccine Information Statement - Arbitration/Incompetent Patient
December 2015 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/december2015/december2015.pdf
Post-Surgical
Complications/Neurovascular Checks/No Negligence
Medication Transcription Error
- Plasmapheresis Nurse
Central Line Removal/Nursing
Negligence -
Visitor's/Patient's Falls
Post-Hospital Skilled Nursing
Services/Medicare Eligibility
Nurse/Age/Disability/Discrimination/Retaliation/Termination
Nurse/Hearing Disability
- Nurse/Patient Abandonment
- Religion
Hospital Discharge Planning/Proposed
New CMS Regulations
Correctional Nursing - Home Health/Medicare Eligibility