Nursing Malpractice - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1933264209 ISBN 13: 9781933264202

Verlag: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co, 2007

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An outstanding reference for the attorney, legal nurse consultant, insurance claim adjuster, healthcare risk manager, or healthcare facility leader involved in a nursing malpractice claim, the third edition of Nursing Malpracticebrings you a wealth of information and resources for your case. This extensively revised and updated edition of a classic covers the spectrum of the nursing process from patient admittance to lawsuit. Packed with tips and techniques this volume reveals typical ways in which nurses try to cover up their mistakes, shows how nurses are caught in a difficult position between the insurance company lawyers and hospital procedures, and gives a comprehensive overview of nursing responsibilities.Nursing Malpractice, Third Editionis divided into seven sections to assist you in locating the information you need, when you need it. Part One Patient Safetypresents a comprehensive look at medical errors, the factors that influence them, risk reduction programs, and patient safety goals. Part Two Nursing Practicediscusses nursing practice and documentation including nursing and employment law and today s healthcare environment including new methods of keeping records and current privacy issues. Part Three Common Areas of Nursing Liabilityis a comprehensive overview of clinical nursing liability areas including new sections on orthopedics, neurology, assisted living, managed care, and emergency medical services. Part Four Advanced Roles discusses two areas of advanced practice nursing: the nurse anesthetist and the nurse midwife. Part Five Causes of Actionexamines sources of liability within nursing practice. New chapters are devoted to nosocomial infections, intravenous therapy and wounds. Another new chapter deals with criminal and liability issues with nurse serial killers. Part Six-Damages addresses the impact of injuries on the patient s future. This section includes areas such as current and future medical needs, vocational issues, economic losses, and pain and suffering. Part Seven Litigation of Nursing Malpractice Claims focuses on the legal process from the point of view attorneys for both the plaintiff and defense. It also covers screening nursing malpractice cases, working with insurance claims adjusters, working with other experts, trial themes and techniques, and jury consulting. In short, this comprehensive book is an excellent and important addition to your nursing malpractice arsenal.

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Patricia W. Iyer, RN, M.S.NLNCC is one of the editors of this text and wrote five chapters: Roots of Patient Injury, Where Have all the Nurses Gone? Medical Errors: Roots of Litigation, Foundations of Nursing Practice, and Pain and Suffering. She co-authored the chapters on Nursing Documentation, Patient Safety Initiatives, Subacute and Long-term Care Nursing Malpractice, Demonstrative Evidence, Working with Legal Nurse Consultants, Working with Nursing Expert Witnesses, and Medication Errors. Ms. Iyer s experience as an author and editor began in 1980. She has written numerous articles, co-authored or edited nineteen textbooks written for nurses or attorneys, and edited four case studies published by the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants. Prior to this text, her most recent editorial involvement was serving as the editor of Nursing Home Litigation: Investigation and Case Preparation and a co-editor of Medical Legal Aspects of Medical Records. She was the chief editor of Principles and Practices of Legal Nurse Consulting, second edition 2003, the core curriculum of legal nurse consulting and Business Principles for Legal Nurse Consultants, 2005.Ms. Iyer is a frequent lecturer to attorneys, paralegals, nurses, and legal nurse consultants. She has appeared several times on Law Journal TV and on American Airlines inflight entertainment radio programming as part of a program on the nursing shortage. After entering the field of legal nurse consulting as a medical surgical expert witness in 1987, in 1989, she established Med League Support Services, Inc., an independent legal nurse consulting firm. Ms. Iyer has served on the national board of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants in the role of secretary, director at large, president elect, president, and past president. She served two years as the chair of the AALNC Education Committee, during which time she was the chief editor of the AALNC online legal nurse consulting course. AALNC awarded Ms. Iyer with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 and the Volunteer of the Year Award in 2006.Certified by the American Association of Legal Nurse Consulting as a Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC) and by the LNI Institute as a certified legal nurse investigator (CLNI), Ms. Iyer began her nursing career by earning a diploma in nursing from Muhlenberg Hospital School of Nursing in Plainfield, New Jersey. She earned her Bachelor s of Science in Nursing and a Master s of Science in Nursing from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She can be reached at Med League Support Services, Inc., Flemington, NJ or through pat@medleague.com or www.medleague.com.Barbara J. Levin BSN, RN, ONC, LNCC is one of the editors of this text and has co-authored the Orthopaedic chapter. Ms. Levin was a co-editor of Medical Legal Aspects of Medical Records and co-authored the chapter Orthopaedic Records. In addition, she was an associate editor of Principles and Practices of Legal Nurse Consulting, second edition, which is the core curriculum of legal nurse consulting.Ms. Levin is a certified orthopaedic nurse and has received recognition as the Clinical Scholar at Massachusetts General Hospital where she works in the orthopedic trauma unit. Her dedication to orthopaedics has inspired her to co-author the chapter Orthopaedic Complications for the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses Core Curriculum. Ms. Levin is an accomplished NAON instructor who teaches review classes to nurses in preparation for the ONC (orthopaedic nurses certification) exam. She earned the distinction of Legal Nurse Consultant Certified and served as president of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (2004-2005). She participated with the American Nurses Association to define and publish the Legal Nurse Consulting: Scope and Standards of Practice. During Ms. Levin s term on the AALNC Board of Directors, she assisted in the development of the position statement The Specialty Practice of Legal Nurse Consulting. She also received the prestigious 2006 Partners in Excellence award for exemplary performance in "Outstanding Community Contributions."

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Lawyers & Judges Pub Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1933264209
• ISBN 13: 9781933264202
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1504
• Herausgeber: Iyer Patricia W., Levin Barbara J.
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