Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
Online Edition 2023
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Cumulative Online Edition Index 2013 - 2024
December 2023 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/december2023/december2023.pdf
Nurse Practitioner/Emergency
Room/Independent Contractor
Workers Compensation/Coworker vs.
Caregiver -
Third Party Suit
Service Animals/Disabled Nursing
Student/Discrimination
Minority Nurse/Race
Discrimination/Retaliation - Hair
Color/Bias
Family And Medical Leave
Act/Interference/Retaliation
Workers Compensation/Injury Arising
From Accident -
Limitations
Sepsis/Wrongful Death/Objective
Findings -
Fourth Amendment
Deaf Patient/American Sign Language/Accompanying Adult Signs
November 2023 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/november2023/november2023.pdf
Emergency Room/Psychotic
Patient/EMTALA/Stabilization/Transfer
Malicious Prosecution/Civil Lawsuit
- CRNA/Medication Error
Child Abuse/Mandatory Reporter/Civil
Liability/Future Harm
Racially Hostile Workplace/Racial
Slur/Employment Decisionmaker
Nurse Whistleblower
- Associational Disability
Discrimination
Mental Health/Gravely Disabled
- Video/Evidence/Spoliation
Residents Sexuality/Familys
Discretion -
Arbitration Agreement
Discharge Nurse/Mother Smothered Infant - Blood Draw - Assault
October 2023 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/october2023/october2023.pdf
Informed
Consent/Nurse/Physician/Presurgical Medications
Emergency
Room Fee -
Medical Charges/Reasonable/Necessary
Psychiatric Hold/Patient Rights
- Psychiatric Hold/Legal
Counsel
Mandatory Overtime/Disability
Discrimination -
Transgender
Patient Privacy/Identity Revealed
- DUI/Nursing License
Mental Health Hold/Constitutional
Rights -
Nursing Expert
Wage Adjustment/Nurses Union
- Nursing Expert
CMS/Minimum Nurse Staffing/Long Term Care - Nurse/Physician
September 2023 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/september2023/september2023.pdf
Do Not Resuscitate/Living
Will/Feeding Tube/Medical Battery
Nurse Practitioner/Social Security
- Nurse/Age Discrimination
Nurse Practitioner/Pain Clinic
- Homelessness/Involuntary
Psych
Nurse/Addiction/Misconduct/Discrimination
- Nurse/Harassment
Nurse/Workers Comp
- Nurse/Reasonable
Accommodation
Emails/Confidentiality
- Aide/Force Feeding/Abuse
- EMTALA
Mental Health Nursing/Discrimination
- Nurse/Expert Witness
Pregnant Employees Fairness Act/EEOC Regulations - Patient Will
August 2023 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/august2023/august2023.pdf
Transgender Female/Emergency Room/Progesterone
Informed Consent/Nurse/Patient
Informed -
Patient Not Informed
Chemical
Restraint/Seclusion/Convenience Of Staff/Abuse
Nurse/Sexual Harassment/Not Reported
- Nurse/Patient/Assault
Affirmative Action - Bovie Pad Burn
- Arbitration
Adoption Report/Nurse Practitioner
Race Bias -
Prosthetic Limb
Quality Review Privilege
- Nursing Expert/Out Of State
Pregnant Workers Protection Act - Infection Control - Narcotic/Narcan
July 2023 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/july2023/july2023.pdf
Premature Infant/Nursing Care/Duty
To Advocate For NICU
Miscarriage/Bereavement/Invasion Of
Privacy -
COVID-19 Treatment
Psychiatric Nursing/Compassion For
The Mentally Ill
Discrimination/Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission -
Fall
Nurse/Social Security
Disability/Transferable Job Skills
Pregnancy Discrimination
- Sponge Left In Patient
- Face Mask
Physician As Expert/Nursing Standard
Of Care -
Insurance Claims
COVID-19/Staff Vaccinations - Emergency Room - Trip And Fall
June 2023 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/june2023/june2023.pdf
Disability Discrimination/Health
Inquiries Before Hiring
Decubitus
Ulcers/Unavoidable/Clinical Comorbidity
- Patient Fall
Intellectual
Disability/Discrimination -
Patient Suicide/Assessment
School Nurse/Patient
Advocate/Retaliation -
Nursing License
Nurse Whistleblower
- Intimidation
- Mandatory Vaccination
Code Blue/Records
Missing/Evidence/Spoliation -
Medicare Part A
Defensive Chart Entry
- Fall/Ordinary/Professional
Negligence
Power Of Attorney - Nursing Experts/Qualifications/Standard Of Care
May 2023 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/may2023/may2023.pdf
Breast Cancer/Disability
Discrimination -
Diaper Rationing
Healthcare Surrogate Decision
Maker/Incompetence/Certification
Involuntary Mental Health
Treatment/Grave Disability/Danger
Service Animal
-
Slander/Defamation/Name-Calling/Liability
Discrimination/Retaliation
- Comparator/Minority vs.
Non-Minority
Alcohol/Blood Draw/E.R.
- EMTALA
- Handicapped Parking
Nurse As Patient Advocate/Stillbirth
- US False Claims Act
Medical Records/Copying Charges - Nursing License/Due Process
April 2023 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/april2023/april2023.pdf
Breast Cancer/Disability
Discrimination -
Diaper Rationing
Healthcare Surrogate Decision
Maker/Incompetence/Certification
Involuntary Mental Health
Treatment/Grave Disability/Danger
Service Animal
-
Slander/Defamation/Name-Calling/Liability
Discrimination/Retaliation
- Comparator/Minority vs.
Non-Minority
Alcohol/Blood Draw/E.R.
- EMTALA
- Handicapped Parking
Nurse As Patient Advocate/Stillbirth
- US False Claims Act
Medical Records/Copying Charges - Nursing License/Due Process
March 2023 Not Published
February 2023 Not Published
January 2023 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/january2023/january2023.pdf
Bariatric Patient/Bariatric
Bed/Nursing Standard Of Care
EMTALA/Patient Ejected From E.R.
- EMTALA/Stabilization
Mental Health Aide/Job
Description/Disability Discrimination
Nurse/Disability
Discrimination/Reasonable Accommodation
Sexual Abuse/Patient vs. Caregiver
- Caregiver vs. Patient Abuse
Perinatal Computer Software
- Monitor Strips/Spoliation
Of Evidence
Nursing Chain Of Command
- Equal Pay Act/Male vs.
Female Nurses
Medication/Strict Products Liability - Arbitration - Blood Draw