Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
Online Edition 2025
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Cumulative Online Edition Index 2013 - 2025
May 2025 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/may2025/may2025.pdf
Patient Choked/Non-Food
Item/Citation/Violation
Emergency Room/Charting/Dead Man’s
Statute -
Catheterization
Transgender Patient/Bias/Intentional
Infliction Of Emotional Distress
Deaf Nurse/Reasonable Accommodation
- Discrimination/EEOC
Fictitious John Doe Defendant
- Discrimination/Comparators
Patient Fall/Bedrails
- Patient Fall/Nursing
Expert’s Opinion
Nurse Practitioner/Expert Witness
- Understaffing/Negligence
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Hearsay - Morphine Diversion
April 2025 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/april2025/april2025.pdf
Nurses/Patient Data/Unauthorized
Access/Hospital Negligence
Post-Cesarean Hysterectomy/Scope Of
Nursing Practice
EMTALA/Acutely Suicidal
Patient/Stabilization - Nurse v.
Surgeon
Discrimination/Nursing Coworker
Assist -
Discrimination/Retaliation
Impaired Nurse/Meth/Alcohol
- Unexplained
Injuries/Nonverbal Patient
Patient Fall/Nursing Expert
- Emergency Department
Records
EMTALA/Stabilization/Discharge
- Statute Of Limitations
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program - Emergency Room
March 2025 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/march2025/march2025.pdf
Patient Wanders/Assault By
Patient/Supervision/Monitoring
Race Based Patient Assignments
- Visitor Slip And Fall
Emergency Room/Patient Killed
- Mental Health Medications
Medical Marijuana/Caregiver
- Equal Pay/Male vs. Female
Nurse
School Nurse/Disabled
Students/Advocacy -
Workers Compensation
Pregnancy Discrimination
- Topical Medication
- CRNA/Misconduct
Sexual Assault/Patient
- Kidney Transplant/Racial
Disparity
Cellphone Use On Duty
- Patient Abuse/Intent To
Harm
February 2025 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/february2025/february2025.pdf
Emergency Department/Nursing/4th
Amendment Search Seizure
EMTALA/Patient Screening
- Transfer/Patient
Dropped/Misdemeanor
Nurse
Practitioner/Discrimination/Non-Minority Comparators
Discrimination/Personal Bias
- Nurse/Employment
Contract/Penalty
FMLA Rights/Retaliation
- Disability/Associational
Discrimination
Choking/Aspiration/Death
- Post-Surgical Nursing/Hip
Fracture
Nursing Home/Expert Witness
- Deaf Patient/Family/ASL
Interpreter
COVID-19/OSHA Regulations - HIPAA - Sexual Assault Nurse
January 2025 = http://www.nursinglaw.com/january2025/january2025.pdf
Nurse/Informed Consent/Surgical Consent Forms
Post-Surgical Care/Nurse As Patient Advocate
- Nurse Midwife
Involuntary Mental Health Medication/Rights Of Unborn Fetus
CRNA/Noncompetition Agreement -
Nursing License/Discrimination
Breast Milk Expression/Circulating Nurse
- Racial Harassment
Nursing Home Regulations/Arbitration
- False Arrest/Prosecution
Racial Bias/Supervisor’s Remarks -
Employer Retaliation
HIV Screening - Mobility Issues/Reasonable Accommodation