It is important to keep in mind that when a patient injury or death occurs due to a nurse’s professional negligence, it is not uncommon [...]
I recently came across a narrative Online of a shocking case involving an LVN.1 The author changed the names of those involved to [...]
...Mr. Sosa was admitted to the nursing home on June 28th with diagnoses of hypertension, altered mental state, congestive heart [...]
In past Bulletins, I have focused on the requirement of experts in any case alleging professional negligence. An expert for the [...]
First, I want to wish all of you a Happy-albeit belated-Nurses Week 2018. My column schedule fell before and after the actual week so [...]
One of the recurring questions I have been asked during my years of practicing as a nurse attorney is whether a nurse would be held [...]
You may recall from previous Bulletins that there are four essential elements of professional negligence that must be proven by the [...]
Patient safety is a never-ending legal obligation for you, regardless of your role in the delivery of patient care. One aspect of [...]
Nurse Assistants are often utilized in health care facilities, especially in long-term care. Most often, they are a valuable member of [...]
Lloyd Thomas, seventy-one, underwent bypass surgery and was hospitalized for eighty-four days after the surgery due to complications. [...]
As you are hopefully aware, nurses are among the health care providers who are required to report a good faith belief or suspicion that [...]
I have not reported many cases of criminal liability of nurses in past Bulletins. The following case involving criminal convictions of [...]
