Patient's Seizure: Court Rules Nurse's Slow Response Is Neglect Of A Vulnerable Adult
One-Person vs. Two-Person Assists: Court Discusses The Nursing Standard Of Care
Patient Hemorrhages, Dies Just Out Of The Hospital: Jury Blames Discharge Nurse
Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Nurses Not Properly Trained, Court Sees Negligence
Patients' Falls: Nurses Ruled Not Negligent Based On Solid Nursing Documentation
Patient-Controlled Analgesia: Jury Relates Patient's Death To Nursing Negligence
Breast Cancer: Nurse Manager Not Disabled, Cannot Sue For Disability Discrimination
Disability Discrimination: Quad On Ventilator Could Not Communicate With His Caregivers
Nurse As Patient's Advocate: Cardiac Care Nurse To Share Liability With The Physician
ICU Nursing: Death Of Patient Post-CABG Surgery Tied To Substandard Nursing Care
Patient's Falls: Court Allows Internal Incident Reports To Come Out In Patient's Lawsuit
Terrorist Threat: Nurse Broke Psych Patient's Confidentiality By Phoning Secret Service
Medication Ordered Is Contraindicated: Court Discusses Nurse's Legal Responsibilities
Nasogastric Tube: Feeding Continued While Position Still Being Checked, Patient Dies.
Surgical Consent Forms, Informed Consent: Court Finds That Nurse Acted Appropriately
Nurse Finds Illegal Contraband In Patient's Clothing: Patient's Rights Were Not Violated
EMTALA Violation: Hospital's Procedures Not Followed, Patient Discouraged From Staying
Failure To Report Child Abuse: Large Verdict Rendered For Physician's, Nurse's Inaction
ICU Psychosis: Jury Holds Physician and Nurse Responsible for Patient's Suicide
EMTALA: Intoxicated Patient Leaves AMA, Court Says Hospital Did Not Violate The Law
Hospital Bed Entrapment: New Guidance From FDA
Nurse As Patient Advocate: Nurse Should Have Questioned Why No Order Was Written
Home Health: Nurse Has Firefighters Break Into Patient's Home, Trespass Lawsuit Nixed
Narcotics Diversion: Other Nurses Were Not Following Procedures, Case Not Proven
Duty to Assess, Report, Advocate: Patient's Death Tied To Negligent Nursing Care
Code Status Not Clarified: Court Upholds Penalty Imposed On Skilled Nursing Facility
Acute Care, Hypotensive Patient: Jury Faults Nurses, Fall Caused By Nursing Negligence
Acute Myocardial Infarction, Ischemia: Court Faults Hospital's Emergency Room Nurses
EMTALA: BP Still High At Discharge, Court Says Hospital Failed To Stabilize Patient
Incident Reports: Court Points Out Exception To Quality-Review Privilege
Hospital E.R. Restrains Combative Patient: Court Throws Out Excessive-Force Lawsuit
No Designated Driver: Court Refuses To Place Liability Burden On Discharge Nurses
Patient Education: Nurses Are Sued For Talking Down To Patient, Case Dismissed
Combative Episode: Jury Finds Negligence: Soft Restraints Not Used To Control Patient
Patient Leaves Against Medical Advice: Court Throw Out Allegations Faulting Nurses
Bowel Obstruction, Emesis, Aspiration: Hospital Nurses Faulted For Patient's Death
Family And Medical Leave Act: Nurse Can Get Same Shift On Return From Leave
Diabetic Patient: Court Validates Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Nursing Facility
No Assistance To Bedside Commode, Wheels Not Locked, Jury Finds Negligence
Positional Asphyxia, Patient Strangled In Restraints, Court Allows Lawsuit To Go Forward
Understaffing: Court Blames DON For Death, Aide Did Not Have Time To Read Charts
Assessment Started, But No Fall Care Plan In Place: Court Finds Nursing Staff Negligent
Quadriplegic Falls From Exam Table: Court Finds Nurse And Doctor Negligent
Transfer To Wheelchair: Facility's Rules Not Followed, Court Finds Negligence
Patient Wanders To Roof, Falls To Death: Court Holds Medical Facility Liable
Patient Falls, Develops Decubitus Ulcer: Court Upholds Verdict For Negligence
Patient Falls: Nursing Notes Prove There Was No Negligence, Lawsuit Dismissed
Wrong Drug Ordered: Nurses Must Intervene
Pressure Sore Was Avoidable: Civil Monetary Penalty Upheld
Urinary Catheterization: Nurse Followed Proper Procedures, Lawsuit Dismissed
PTSD: Court Upholds Workers Compensation Award For Psychiatric Nurse
Transient Ischemic Attacks: Court Faults Nurses
Nurse Switched Patient's Medication: Patient Can Sue For Medical Battery
Employment References: Court Says Nurse Cannot Sue For Defamation
Restraints/Failure To Answer Call Bell: Large Verdict For Nursing Negligence
Lifting Restriction: Court Turns Down Nurse's Disability Discrimination Case
Saline Lock Left In At Discharge: Court Overturns Jury's Verdict Against Nurses
Meningitis: Diagnosis Delayed, Nurses Ruled Not Negligent
Wound Care: Nurses Ruled Negligent, Delegated Nursing Functions To Aides
EMTALA: Nurse, Physician Properly Screened Patient
Alzheimer's: Nurse Assaulted By Patient Cannot Sue
Pitocin Drip: Court Says Nurse Should Have Monitored The Patient More Closely
Suicidal Patient: Court Says Nurse Should Have Recommended He Be Hospitalized
Asphyxiation Death: Court Says A Family Member Should Not Have Fed The Patient
Nursing Negligence: ICU Nurse Reinstated
CNA Refuses To Care For Patients Who Have AIDS: Termination Upheld By Court
Alzheimer's: Nurse Attacked By Patient Has No Right To Sue, Court Rules.
Scroll down and click links below to review sample articles from our archives 1995 - 2003
Abandonment / Abuse / Abuse / Abuse / Abuse (Back to top)
Assault / Assault / Assessment / Assessment / Attempt, Suicide
Autoimmune Disorder / Automatic Blood Pressure Cuff / Baby Buying / Backdating
Back Injury / Back Injury / Back Injury / Bacterial Meningitis / Battery, Medical / Bed Entrapment
Bed Rails / Bed Rails / Bed Rails / Bedsores / Bed Strangulation / Blood Bank
Blood Transfusion-Allogenic / Blood Transfusion-Autologous
Blood Transfusion-Disease Phobia / Blood Transfusion-Jehovah's Witness / Bloodborne Pathogens
Bowel Obstruction / Breast Cancer / Burns / Burns / Call Button / Call Bell / Cardiac Tamponade
Care Plan / Care Plan / Catheter / Catheter / Catheter / Catheter
Chlamydia / Choice-Psych Meds / Circulation Checks / Civil Monetary Penalty / Civil Monetary Penalty
Clostridium / Cocaine Screen / Code Status / Combative Patient / Combative Patient / Combative Patient
Commode / Community Integration / Compartment Syndrome / Confidentiality / Consent Forms
Contraband / Contraindicated Medication / Coronary Artery Bypass Graft / Corporate Negligence
Corrections / Crime / Cytomegalovirus / Data Set
Decubitus / Decubitus / Decubitus / Decubitus / Decubitus / Decubitus
Digoxin / Disability Discrimination
Discharge-Nursing Home-Involuntary / Discharge-Psychiatric Discharge-Psychiatric
Discrimination-Disability-Multiple Sclerosis
Diversion, Narcotics / Documentation / Do Not Resuscitate DNR / Drowning
Electrocardiogram / Electroconvulsive Therapy / Education, Patient
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) / EMTALA / EMTALA / EMTALA / EMTALA
Experimental Surgery / Expert Witness / Expert Witness / Expert Witness
Fall-Chair / Fall-Operating Room / Fall Risk / Fall-Toilet
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) / FMLA / FMLA / FMLA / FMLA / FMLA
Gases, Medical / Gender-Job Assignments / Gentamicin / Geri Chair / Good Samaritan
Haldol / Haldol / Hearing-Impaired Nurse / Hearing-Impaired Patient / Hearing-Impaired Patient
Hearing Disability / Heat Stroke / Helmet / Hip Dislocation / Hip Fracture
HIV Harassment / HIV+ Patient-Nursing Student Infected / HIV Status / HIV Status / HIV Status
Hearing Impaired Patient / Hearing Impaired Patient
Homophobia / Hospice / Hospice / Hurricane / Hypotension
ICU Psychosis / IM Injection / Impairment-Narcotics / Incident Reports
Intoxicated Patient / IV Insertion / IV Line-Surgery-Pediatric
Ketoacidosis / Kickbacks / Lab Tests
Labor Law / Labor Law / Labor Law / Labor Law / Least Restrictive Alternative / Least Restrictive Alternative
Libel and Slander / Lifting / Lifting / Lifting
Malpractice Insurance / Malpractice-Nursing / Meconium / Medicaid Wage Rates
Medicare Fraud / Medical Battery / Medical Records / Medical Records / Medication Error
Melenic Stools / Mental Health Records / Midwifery / Military Service / Minimum Wage
Nasogastric Tube / National Practitioner Databank / Needle / Needlestick
Non-Competition / Noncompliance / Noncompliance / Nosocomial Pneumonia / NPO
Nurse as Patient / Nurse Consultant / Nurse Midwife / Nurse Practitioner-Malpractice
Nursing Facilities / Nursing Home Admission / Nursing Home Discharge
Nursing Home Fall / Nursing Home-Hip Fracture-Unexplained
Nursing Home Patients' Bill of Rights
Nursing Home-Tuberculosis / Nursing Malpractice / Nutrition
Occlusion, Arterial / Operating Room-Bovie Pad
Operating Room-Electrocautery / Operating Room-Fall / Operating Room-Fall
Placental Abruption / Polio Vaccines / Posey Vest / Posey Vest / Post-Anesthesia Recovery
Post-Operative Orders / Post-Partum / Post-Term Pregnancy / Power Of Attorney For Healthcare
Pregnancy Discrimination / Premie / Premie / Pressure Sores / Pressure Sores
Pre-Surgery Medications / Private Room / PRN Medication / Progress Notes
Race Discrimination / Race Discrimination / Race Discrimination / Race Discrimination / Race Discrimination
Refuse to Leave / Religious Discrimination / Religious Discrimination / Research Subjects
Saline Lock / Schizophrenia / Second-Hand Smoke / Second Opinion / Seizure-Status Epilepticus
Sexual Harassment / Sexual Harassment / Sexual Harassment-Female vs. Male
Sickle Cell / Side Effects / Side Rails / Signature / Sleeping on the Job
Statute of Limitations / Stealing Medications / Sterilization / Strangulation / Strangulation
Strike / Strike / Student Nurse / Subpoena-Medical Records
Suicide / Suicide / Suicide / Suicide Assessment / Suicide Assessment / Suicide Assessment
Suing Patient / Supervisors / Surgical Complications / Surgical Prep
Thrombolytic / Tissue Grafts / Toradol / Toradol / Tracheostomy / Transfer
Transient Ischemic Attack / Tuberculous Meningitis / Turning
Vaccinations / Vaginal Speculum / Violence / Visitors / Visitors / Voting Rights
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