Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession

Online Edition 2018

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January 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/january2018/january2018.pdf

Nurse/Sexual Harassment/Disability Discrimination  -  Nurse Overtime

Nursing Documentation  -  Family Member/Emotional Distress

Psychiatric Nursing/Headlock  -  Mandatory Flu Vaccinations

Patient/Freedom Of Religion  -  Quality Review Privilege

Narcotics Diversion/Age/Race Discrimination  -  Nursing Expert

Physician Expert  -  Report To Physician/Medical Outcome

Nursing Home Admission  -  Nursing Home Fall/Standard Of Care

Nursing Home Arbitration  -  Nurse/On The Job Injury/Third Party Suit

 

February 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/february2018/february2018.pdf

Nurse/Medication Error  -  Fall/Nursing Home  -  Confidentiality

Positioning/Fall  -  IM Injection/Nursing Negligence  -  Sexual Assault

Nursing Home/Identity Theft  -  Medicare Fraud  -  Social Media Posts

Nurse/Work Hours/Falsification  -  Nurses Aide/Abuse Registry

Nurse/Medication Error  -  Nursing Progress Notes/Negligence

Litigation/Destruction Of Evidence  -  Hospital Inpatient Admissions

Flu Shot Text Reminder/Telephone Consumer Protection Act

Confidential Information/Nurse/Substandard Care

 

March 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/march2018/march2018.pdf

Child Abuse/Emergency Department/Parents’ Lawsuit

Emergency Department/Delayed Medical Screening/EMTALA  -  HIPAA

Psychiatric Facility/Patient vs. Patient Assault  -  Nursing Students

Patient/Methadone/Danger To Others  -  Race Discrimination

Racial Remark/Coworker/Discrimination  -  CRNA/Liability

Patient Fall/Expert Testimony  -  Skilled Nursing/Understaffing

Tracheostomy Care/Bleeding/Nursing Negligence  -  Whistleblower

Antineoplastic/Hazardous Drugs/Healthcare/CDC Update

 

April 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/april2018/april2018.pdf

Healthcare Fraud/US False Claims Act/DON/Wrongful Discharge

Emergency Department Nursing/Documentation  -  Fall Assessment

Nurse/Depression/Discrimination  -  Nursing Negligence/Causation

Transgender Nurse/Sexual Harassment/Discrimination/Retaliation

HIPAA/Nurse/Medical Confidentiality  -  Quality Assurance Privilege

Colostomy/Negligent Nursing Care  -  Choking/Nursing Negligence

Health Care Fraud/Conviction  -  Emergency Nurse/Sexual Misconduct

Nursing Home/Unfair Labor Practice  -  Vaccine Information Statements

 

May 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/may2018/may2018.pdf

Deaf Hospital Patient/Deliberate Indifference

Corporate Misconduct  -  Unprofessional Conduct/License Revoked

Labor & Delivery/Nurse As Patient Advocate/Chain Of Command

Nurse/Narcotics Diversion/Defamation  -  Discipline/Follow Up

Discrimination/Male Aide  -  Whistleblower/Dangerous Patient

Dysphagia/Aspiration/Death  -  Patient Fall/Expert Witness

OSHA/Bloodborne Pathogens  -  Spoliation Of Evidence

Medicare/Medicaid/Prior Authorization List

 

June 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/june2018/june2018.pdf

Sexual Harassment By Patient/Nursing Caregiver’s Rights

Deaf Patient/No ASL Interpreter/Discrimination  -  Psych Admission

Nurse Expert Witness/Skin Lesion  -  Adoption/Parental Rights

Retained Surgical Sponge/Perioperative Nurses

Nurses Aide/Racial Discrimination  -  Nurse/Whistleblower

Visitation/Nursing Facility/Patient’s Rights  -  Nurse/Confidentiality

Memory Care/Short Staffing/Patient Injury  -  Patient’s Fall/Negligence

Nurse/Sexual Assault/Victim Interview  -  Visitor/Slip And Fall

 

July 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/july2018/july2018.pdf

Back Injury/Disability Discrimination/Reasonable Accommodation

Emergency Department/Drug Search/Civil Rights  -  ICU Nursing

Nurse/Patient Controlled Analgesia  -  Assisted Living/Memory Care

Nurse/Expert Witness/Drug Allergy  -  Nurse/Employment Grievance

Nurse/Race Discrimination  -  EMTALA/Hospital/Whistleblower

Skin Care/Nursing Standard Of Care  -  Nursing Home Arbitration

Stillborn Fetus/Fetal Remains/Hospital/Negligent Mishandling

Nursing Home/Abuse/Neglect  -  Nursing Education  -  CMS Regulations

 

August 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/august2018/august2018.pdf

Health Care Fraud/Medicare/Home Health Nurse

Emergency Department Nursing  -  Patient Fall/Nursing Expert

Abuse Reporting/Good Faith/Legal Immunity

Nurse/Age Discrimination  -  Nurse/Gender Discrimination

Nurse/Religious Discrimination  -  Patient Sexual Harassment

Nurse/Racial Discrimination  -  Family Member Interference

Medical Negligence/Statute Of Limitations  -  Dysphagia/Aspiration

US Patient Safety Act  -  SANE Nurse  -  Patient Assaults Nurse

 

September 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/september2018/september2018.pdf

Nursing Documentation/Negligence/Legal Cause  -  Alcoholic Patient

Medication/Toxic Side Effects/Nursing Negligence

Psychiatric Patient/Involuntary Commitment/Premature Discharge

Age Discrimination/Disability Discrimination/HIPAA Violation

Verbal Abuse/Hostile Environment  -  Nursing License

Nurse Whistleblower  -  Developmental Disability/Choking Death

Skilled Care/Assisted Living  -  Root Cause Analysis  -  Patient Death

Labor Law/Picket/Leaflet/Hospital Premises  -  Nurse Practitioner

 

October 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/october2018/october2018.pdf

Fall Prevention/Bed Alarm/Nursing Negligence  -  Femur Fracture

Hearing Patient/Deaf Family Members/Disability Discrimination

Nurse Practitioner/Social Security Disability  -  Psychiatric Patient

US Trafficking Victims’ Protection Act/Foreign Nurses/Class Action

FMLA Interference  -  Nursing Director On Call  -  Disability

Emergency Nursing/Criminal Defendant  -  Nurse/Civil Assault Case

Nurse Practitioner/Discrimination  -  Nasogastric Tube/Patient Death

Medicare/Medicaid/Proposed New Conditions Of Participation

 

November 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/november2018/november2018.pdf

Deaf Mother/Pediatric Patient/Disability Discrimination

Psychiatric Nursing/Asphyxiation/Death  -  Nurse/Age Discrimination

Contaminated Medication  -  CNA/Abuse Registry  -  Drug Diversion

Disabled Family Member/Reasonable Accommodation  -  Transfer

Medication Error/Contradicted/Opiate/Morphine Overdose

EMTALA/Hospital/Reverse Dumping  -  Nursing Home/Medicaid

Nurse/Race Discrimination/Retaliation  -  Unused Medications

CDC/Infection Control Guidelines  -  CDC/Vaccine Information

 

December 2018 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/december2018/december2018.pdf

Narcotics Diversion/Propofol Intoxication/Auto Accident

Deaf Mother/Pediatric Patient/No Disability Discrimination

Hospital Discharge Planning/CMS Regulations  -  Arbitration

Reduction In Force/FMLA/Reinstatement  -  EMTALA/Retaliation

Disability Discrimination/Medical Leave  -  Mandatory Flu Shots

Labor Law/CNA/LPN/Bargaining Unit  -  EMTALA/False Labor

Change In Health Status  -  Home Health/Physician’s Order

Labor & Delivery Nursing  -  E.R. Nursing  -  Nursing Experts