On September 1st, 2021 Texas Senate Bill No. 8, known as the Texas Heartbeat Act, became law. Its intention was to severely limit a [...]
As you are hopefully aware, nurses are among the health care providers who are required to report a good faith belief or suspicion that [...]
As we have recommended several time in this column, pre-activity waivers of liability often protect fitness professionals and fitness [...]
Licensed mental health practitioners treat children both with and without the consent of one or both parents. It is not uncommon for [...]
I have not reported many cases of criminal liability of nurses in past Bulletins. The following case involving criminal convictions of [...]
As we have pointed out in various articles in this column, exercise equipment use by fitness facility clients can lead to injury and [...]
Many mental health practitioners treat more than one member of a family, either concurrently or consecutively. This occurs most [...]
Denise Campbell, LPN, worked at a Florida assisted living facility. When one of the facility’s resident was found unresponsive in the [...]
When someone is recovering from a drug or alcohol addiction, it’s important that they replace unhealthy attitudes and routines with new [...]
Are there circumstances that may arise when a patient falls behind in the payment of fees for professional services rendered and the [...]
You have probably heard ad nauseaum that good documentation of nursing care is essential for many reasons, one being avoiding potential [...]
In a very recent and interesting case from New Jersey,[1] the plaintiff was injured while using a treadmill. The court set forth the [...]
