Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
Online Edition 2020
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January 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/january2020/january2020.pdf
Labor And Delivery
Nursing/Malpractice/Liability
Advanced Practice Nursing/Bedside
Nursing/Standard Of Care
Blood Draw/Hospital/Negligence
- Civil Court Summons/Default
Unfair Labor Practices/Union
Nurse/Termination -
Profanity
Understaffing/Nurse/Whistleblower
- Injury On The Job
Emergency Nursing/Intoxicated
Patient/Call To Police
ICU/Transfer/Terminal Patient
- Statue Of Limitations
Forensic Nursing - Narcotics Diversion - Pain Clinic/Narcotics
February 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/february2020/february2020.pdf
Disability Discrimination/Reasonable
Accommodation
Nurse Injured By Patient/Negligence
Lawsuit -
Prison Nursing
Resident Elopement/Independent
Living Facility/Liability
Defamation/Agency Nurse/Legal
Privilege -
Defamation/Abuse
Labor Law/LPNs/Union Representation
- Nurse/Learned Professional
EMTALA/Family Member/Emotional
Distress -
Memory Care
Discrimination/Nurse/Comparator
- Nurse As Patient Advocate
Patient's Will/Mental Capacity/Nursing Assessment - Skin Care
March 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/march2020/march2020.pdf
Sexual Harassment/Prompt And
Effective Remedial Action
Circulating Nurse/Surgical
Antibiotic/Documentation/Advocacy
CMS/Medicaid/Regulations Proposed
- Withdrawal Of Consent
Discrimination/Adverse Employment
Action -
Misconduct/Termination
Religious Discrimination/Mandatory
Flu Vaccination -
Whistleblower
Advocacy/Nursing Chain Of Command
- Arbitration/Malpractice
US False Claims Act/Data
Manipulation -
Social Media/Patient Photo
MRSA/Hospital Volunteer - Hoyer Lift/Patient Dropped - EMTALA
April 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/april2020/april2020.pdf
Communicable Virus/Infected
Nurse/Hospital Liability
CRNA/Fentanyl Addiction/Disability
Insurance -
Deaf Patient/Hospital
Skilled Nursing Facility/Deaf
Patient/ASL Interpreter
Nurse/Freedom Of
Conscience/Abortion/Family Planning
Sexual Assault/Nurse vs. Patient
- CNA/Whistleblower
Nurse/Disability Discrimination
- Emergency Department/EMTALA
Nursing Home/Arbitration
- Overinflated BP Cuff
- Patient Raped
CDC/Infection Control Guidelines - Nurse/Juror Misconduct
May 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/may2020/may2020.pdf
Emergency Department/Cardiac
Protocol/EMTALA Violation
Disability Discrimination/Mental
Health -
Racial Profiling/Hospital E.R.
Skilled Nursing/Visitor/Slip And
Fall -
Nursing Home Litigation
Mental Health Hold/Assault/Battery
- Hospital/Racial Hostility
Nursing Director/Whistleblower
- Nurse/Knee Injury/Workers
Comp
Nursing Assessment/Central Line
Removal -
Patient Confidentiality
Nurses/Physician/Racist Remarks
- Medication Allergy
- Defamation
US False Claims Act - Deaf Patient/Discrimination/Court Injunction
June 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/june2020/june2020.pdf
COVID-19/Hospital's Obligations To
Nurses/US Labor Law
Perioperative Nursing/Choice Of
Sutures -
Psychiatric Disability
Emergency Nursing/Anaphylactic
Crisis/Epinephrine Injection
Emergency Medical Treatment And
Active Labor Act
Physician Nurse
Communication/Negligence/Standard Of Care
Nursing Home/Skin Lesions/Negligence
- NG Tube
COVID-19 Guidance Documents Released
By FDA
COVID-19 CMS Regulations/Conditions Of Participation
July 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/july2020/july2020.pdf
Emergency Nursing/Patient
Death/Patient History -
Deaf Patient
Skin Breakdown/Nursing Negligence
- CRNA/Anesthesia
Mental Health Hold/Involuntary/False
Imprisonment Lawsuit
Nurse Personnel Files/Peer
Review/Malpractice/Civil Discovery
Psychiatric Records/Confidentiality
- FMLA/Nurse/Retaliation
Patient Abuse
- Narcotics Diversion
- Sexual Assault/Nursing Home
Jane Doe Patient/Next Of Kin
- Infection/Surgery/Face
Masks
Transfer/Injury - Blood Products - School Nurse/Diabetic Student
August 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/august2020/august2020.pdf
Psych Medication Not Given/Wanton
Neglect Of Facility Resident
Arbitration/Family Member
- Dialysis/Orthostatic Blood
Pressures
Evidence/Spoliation
- Pregnancy
Discrimination/CNA/Nursing Home
Anxious Patient/Emergency Room
- Minority/Discrimination
Home Health/Overtime
- SANE/Hearsay
- Post-Surgical Nursing Care
Fall Risk Mitigation/Standard Of
Care -
Medication Error/Expert
Fall From Bedside Commode
- Foreign Nurses/Human
Trafficking
COVID-19/FDA Guidance - EMTALA/Outpatient - Surgical Nursing
September 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/september2020/september2020.pdf
Emergency Department/EMTALA/Patient
Stabilization/Discharge
Post-Operative Nursing
Care/Negligence -
Mental Status Changes
Guilty Plea/Criminal Record/Direct
Patient Care -
Unemployment
Nurse/Patient Advocate/Healthcare
Outcome -
Assisted Living
Substandard Care
- Nurse/Whistleblower
- Nursing License
Patient Lifestyle
Choices/Comparative Negligence -
Trache Tube
Patient Charting/Statute Of
Limitations -
Hospital/Slip & Fall
Disability/Earthquake Drill - Union Organizing - Nurse/Expert Witness
October 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/october2020/october2020.pdf
Nurse Practitioner/Social Media
Posts/Punitive Damages
Patient Advocate/Preterm Labor
- Contrast Dye/Allergic
Reaction
Involuntary Psychiatric
Commitment/Patient's Rights
Diabetic CNA/Disability
Discrimination -
Foreign Nurses
Nurse/Disability
Discrimination/Reasonable Accommodation
School Nurse/Patient Advocate
- Labor & Delivery/Monitor
Strips
Organ Donation/Anatomical Gift Act
- Nursing Home/Arbitration
COVID-19/FDA Guidance - Nursing Negligence/Skin Care
November 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/november2020/november2020.pdf
Deaf Hospital Patient/Auxiliary Aids
To Communication/Discrimination
Informed
Consent/Nurse/Physician/Patient -
Nurse/Defamation
Statue Of Limitations
- Standard Of
Care/Community/National
Flu Vaccination/Disability
Discrimination -
Professional Boundaries
Drug Dependency/Disability
Discrimination -
Hospital Data Breach
Patient Fall
- Nursing
Student/Incompetence/Discrimination
Morphine Overdose/Statute Of
Limitations -
Nurse Midwife
Nurse/Workers Comp - Hospital Trespasser - Medicaid Fraud
December 2020 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/december2020/december2020.pdf
COVID-19/Nurse's Rights/Employer
Retaliation -
Ambulation/Fall
COVID-19/FDA Guidance
-
COVID-19/FDA/Tests/Masks/Equipment
Post-Surgical Nursing/Negligence
- Physician's Orders
Nursing Home Negligence/Statute Of
Limitations -
Jane Doe Lawsuit
Nurses/Medical Marijuana
- Nurse/Whistleblower/Legal
Counsel
Hospital Computer System
- Visitor Fall
-
Res Ipsa Loquitur
Hospital/Video Recording
- Patient Fall
- Patient Kicked Nurse
Diabetic Nurse/Disability
Discrimination -
EMTALA/Patient Left AMA