Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
Online Edition 2024
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Cumulative Online Edition Index 2013 - 2024
December 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/december2024/december2024.pdf
Bedrails/Restraints/Abuse Of Vulnerable Patient
Patient Fall/Nursing Standard Of Care
- Unwitnessed Fall
Involuntary Mental Health Commitment/Gravely Disabled
Unpaid Meal Breaks/Fair Labor Standards Act/Class Action Lawsuit
Discrimination/Comparators -
Duty To Mitigate Damages
Arbitration Agreement/Power Of Attorney
- Home Health/Expert
Home
Health/Workers Comp/Independent Contractor
- Ortho Screw
Arbitration Agreement/Mental Capacity - Bankruptcy
November 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/november2024/november2024.pdf
Skin
Care/Medical Comorbidities/Nursing Expert/Medical Expert
Nurse Recovering Alcoholic/Disability Discrimination
- Bill Of Rights
Involuntary Mental Health Hold/Private Hospital/Constitutional Rights
Nurse/Chemical Sensitivity/Discrimination
- FMLA Interference
Nurse/Whistleblower -
Nursing Home Litigation/Diversity Jurisdiction
Nurse/Workers Comp -
CRNA Expert Witness -
Patient Slip And Fall
Nurse/Long COVID/Workers Comp -
Nurse/HIPAA Violation/Lawsuit
Shaken Baby Syndrome/New Science - Narcan/Narcotics Overdose
October 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/october2024/october2024.pdf
Nurse/Physician/Defamation/Professional Standing/Ridicule
Physician/Nurse/Defamation/Alcoholism
- Surgical Positioning
Involuntary Mental Health
Commitment/Remote Hearing/Rights
Nurse/Age Discrimination/Proof Of
Bias -
Supervisor’s Liability
Nurse/Pregnancy Discrimination
- Labor Law/Direct
Negotiations
Nurse Practitioner/Nursing Expert
- FMLA
- Race Discrimination
Defamation/Conditional Privilege
- Emergency Room/4th
Amendment
Personal Grooming/African-American Male - Power Of Attorney
September 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/september2024/september2024.pdf
Physician/Nurse/Confrontation/Discrimination/Age/Gender
Bedside Commode/Nursing Negligence
- Skin Care/Documentation
Suicidal Patient/Patient
Assessment/Independent Nursing Judgment
Conflicting Physicians’ Orders
- Nurse Practitioner/Cancer
Diagnosis
Transgender Nurse/Hostile Work
Environment -
Peer Review
Tourette’s/Nurse/Disability
Discrimination -
Nurse Testimony
Skin Care/Nursing Negligence/Cause
And Effect -
EMTALA
Nursing Student/Service Animal - Nurse/Age Discrimination
August 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/august2024/august2024.pdf
Nurse/Disability
Discrimination/Reasonable Accommodation
Nursing Home/Statute Of Limitations
- Narcan/Blood Glucose
Involuntary Mental Health
Commitment/Gravely Disabled
Nurse/Civil Rights/Private Security
- Patient v. Nurse/Sex
Harassment
Discrimination/Racially Hostile
Environment -
Sleeping On Duty
Nurse As Patient Advocate
- Patient Fall/Standard Of
Care
Nurse/Invasion Of Patient Privacy
- Defective
Wheelchair/Spoliation
Medicare & Medicaid/Conditions Of Participation - Voting Rights
July 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/july2024/july2024.pdf
Nursing Expert/Standard Of Care/Conclusory Opinion
Suboxone/Disability Discrimination -
Addiction Unit/Cell Phones
CNA
Training/Negligence -
Nurse/Patient/Intimate Relationship
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act/Abortion
- Nursing Credentials
Nurse/Age Discrimination -
Nurse/Religious Discrimination
Sexual Assault/Nurse vs. Patient -
Arbitration/Patient Signature
Nurse/Workers Compensation -
Nurse/FMLA Forms/Signature
Healthcare Mandatory Reporters - Nurse/Patient Advocate/Liability
June 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/june2024/june2024.pdf
Disability Discrimination/Reasonable Accommodation
Pressure Sores/Nurse/Expert Witness
- Falls/Nurse/Expert Witness
Child Abuse/Neglect/Newborn -
Mental Health Commitment
Employment/Arbitration Agreement -
Statute Of Limitations
Nurse/Last Chance Agreement -
Employment/Constructive Discharge
Skin
Integrity -
Shooting/Hospital -
Reasonable Accommodation
EMTALA/Medical Screening Exam -
Statute Of Limitations
Long Term Care/Minimum Staffing - Prior Authorization
May 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/may2024/may2024.pdf
Nursing Leadership/Emergency
Department/Hospital Liability
Circulating Nurse/Needle Left Inside
Patient -
Independent Physician
Mental Health Worker/Traumatic
Stress -
Patient Suicide By Cop
Caucasian Only Patient Request
- Gay Nurse/Hostile
Environment
Hostile Work Environment/Retaliation
- Personnel Decisions
Discrimination/Right To Counsel
- Nursing Home Malpractice
Minimum Nurse Staffing/Long Term
Care -
Obstetric Nursing
Patient Refuses To Leave - Arbitration/Nursing Home Cases
April 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/april2024/april2024.pdf
Nurse/Diversion/Addiction/Rehabilitation/Nursing License
ICU
Nursing/Unexplained Fractures -
Medicare/Medicaid
Psychiatric Patient/Accidental Drowning
- Professional Negligence
Racially Hostile Workplace -
FMLA/Interference/Working On Leave
Class Action/Nurse Employment Contract
- Nursing Home Negligence
ICU
Visitor -
EMTALA/Chronic Condition -
Nurse/Pro Se Litigant
Deaf
Patient/Deliberate Indifference -
Guardianship -
Limitations
Forensic Nursing/Patient Confidentiality - Union/Fair Representation
March 2024 - http://www.nursinglaw.com/march2024/march2024.pdf
Nurse/Whistleblower/Patient Care/Patient Health And Safety
Patient Suicide/Nurses Assessment -
Hoyer Lift/Standard Of Care
Involuntary Mental Health Medication/Patient’s Freedom Of Choice
Nurse/Narcotics Diversion -
Discrimination/Race/Color
Discrimination/Reasonable Accommodation
- Nursing Student
Nursing License/Credit Report -
Nurse As Expert Witness
Nursing Home Placement/Fraud - Religious Discrimination
In
Vitro Fertilization
-
Emergency Room/Search Warrant
February 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/february2024/february2024.pdf
Nurse As Patient
Advocate/Physician’s Negligence/Liability
Spoliation Of The Evidence/Video
Recording -
Spoliation/Chart
Spoliation Of The
Evidence/Anesthesia Monitor Strips Not Printed
Nursing Faculty/Publish Or
Perish/Discrimination -
Retaliation
Patient Abuse
- Home Health/Reasonable
Accommodation
Prison Nursing
- Choking
- Drainage Tube/Retained
Inside Patient
Care Plan/Ordinary
Negligence/Professional Negligence
EMTALA/Patient Removed - Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner
January 2024 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/january2024/january2024.pdf
Freedom Of Speech/Verbal
Abuse/Patient's Constitutional Rights
Patient Fall/Nursing
Negligence/Standard Of Care/Violation
Violence On Hospital Premises/Notice
Of Unreasonable Hazard
Union Grievance/Duty Of Fair
Representation -
Nurse/Expert Witness
Spanish Accent/Bias/Communication
- Discrimination Retaliation
Home Health
- Wheelchair Fall
- Hypertensive Crisis/Nurse
Unfair Labor Practice/Anti-Union
Bias -
Arbitration Agreement
Contraband In Patient's Clothing/Search - Nurse Expert Witness