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- Morrison, CA. (1997) .
Proving a Claim of Negligence (Malpractice) Against a Nurse,
Nursing Spectrum
http://nsweb.nursingspectrum.com/cfforms/GuestLecture/negligence.cfm .
It’s a situation that you hope you are never in, but need to know about: a court case brought by a patient.
- Meyer J., Morrison,
CA. (1998). Should
nurses purchase their own liability insurance?
The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 23 (3): 122-123, May June
1998
- Morrison, CA. ( 1999 ) .Cameras
In Hospital Rooms: The Fourth Amendment To The Constitution And Munchausen
Syndrome By Proxy
Critical Care Nursing Quarterly 22(1):65-68. Aspen Publishers Inc.
Almost 50 years have passed since the Munchausen syndrome
(MS)
was first identified. Now it is more than two
decades since Munchausen
Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP) has been identified. MSBP continues to be
one of the most bizarre and baffling forms of child abuse to all who
encounter it.
- Morrison, CA. (1999). A
malpractice primer for NPs, Advance for
Nurse Practitioners. 7 (2), 23.
Malpractice and negligence are terms that are
often used interchangeably. Malpractice refers to deviations from a
professional standard of care that a reasonably prudent person in the same
profession would follow under the same or similar circumstances. While only
a professional can be charged with malpractice, anyone can be charged with
negligence.
- Morrison ,CA. (1999).
Evolving
legal trends affect NPs, Advance for Nurse Practitioners.
7 (5),
24.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala has
predicted the evolution of an interdisciplinary and collaborative
health care system in which advance practice nurses will "come
into their own.
- Morrison, CA. (1999).
Understanding
a civil trial, Advance for Nurse
Practitioners. 7 (8), 25.
A patient you treated 9 months ago is unhappy with the
outcome and has filed a malpractice lawsuit against you.
Now what? This edition of "Legal Update" provides an
overview of the events in a typical civil trial against an NP.
- Morrison, CA. ( 1999 ). Understanding
civil trials, part 2 , Advance for Nurse
Practitioners. 7 (11), 25.
This month's segment of "Legal Update" is the second
and final part of an overview of a typical civil trial against an NP. Part 1 brought
you to the point of discovery, which begins after a lawsuit has been filed.
- Morrison, CA. ( 2000 ).
Consent
and informed consent , Advance for Nurse
Practitioners. 8 (2), 28.
The right to consent to treatment comes from the common law
right to be free from unwanted, offensive or harmful touching by another. The courts have held health care providers liable for
failure to obtain cons.
- Morrison, CA. ( 2000 ).
NPs
as expert witnesses , Advance for Nurse
Practitioners. 8 (5), 28.
The standard of care in a malpractice action against a nurse
practitioner must be established by expert witness testimony.
Other witnesses can testify only to facts; their opinions and
conclusions are not admissible. The standard of care in a malpractice action against a nurse
practitioner must be established by expert witness testimony.
Other witnesses can testify only to facts; their opinions and
conclusions are not admissible.
- Morrison, CA. ( 2000 ).
Blow
the whistle on unsafe care, Advance for Nurse
Practitioner. 8 (8), 29.
"Whistleblowing" commonly refers to an
employee's disclosure of
immoral, unethical or illegal acts under the employer's control.1Whistleblowing is telling the truth, but at what price?
- Morrison, CA. ( 2000 ).
Become
more 'legally' aware, Advance for Nurse
Practitioners. 8 (11), 32.
Nurse practitioners continue to face a small number of
malpractice
judgments compared with physicians. (Many malpractice lawsuits
against physicians and NPs never make it to court because they are
settled prior to trial. Nurse practitioners continue to face a small number of
malpractice
judgments compared with physicians. (Many malpractice lawsuits
against physicians and NPs never make it to court because they are
settled prior to trial.
- Morrison, CA. ( 2001 ) .Tracking
through data banks , Advance for Nurse
Practitioners. 9 (2), 25.
For the past decade, the National Practitioner Data Bank
(NPDB) has maintained a reporting database designed to prevent negligent health care professionals from moving
from state to state with no mechanism for tracking malpractice claims or poor performance. The data bank is
administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration, a division of the Department of Health and
Human Services. Nurse practitioners are one of the professions tracked in the data bank, which makes its
practices worth reviewing here.
- Morrison, CA. ( 2001 ) .Three
common legal questions ,
Advance for Nurse Practitioners. 9 (5), 26.
How safe is it for an NP to give medical
advice over the telephone?
Experts say the telephone is an effective, safe
and appropriate tool for discussion of health-related problems.
Morrison, CA. ( 2001 ) Unlicensed
personnel issues
,Advance for Nurse Practitioners. 9 (8), 29.
The use of unlicensed personnel and unlicensed
assistive personnel in health care settings prompts much debate about
liability for nurse practitioners and other members of the health care team.
Most state boards of nursing have specific rules and regulations about
delegation to and the supervision of unlicensed personnel.
Morrison, CA. ( 2001 ) Professional
liability insurance, Advanace for Nurse Practitioners.
9 (11), 22.
To protect your livelihood and ability to practice,
you must have professional liability insurance.
- Morrison, CA. ( 2005 ) .Teaching Forensic
Evidence Skills
Reflections on Nursing Leadership
Second Quarter 2005. Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International
- Liability
Issues in Perinatal Nursing by Donna
Miller Rostant, Rebecca
F. Cady
Reviewed by Constance A. Morrison, RN, JD
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