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Category Archives: Expert witness
The Nurse Practitioner Role in the Physician Office
The nurse practitioner is a masters or doctorally prepared nurse. Increasingly in the future, nurse practitioners will be educated at the doctoral level. In 2004, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners recommended a shift in the education of advanced practice … Continue reading
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Common Pitfalls in Report Writing
The inexperienced legal nurse consultant learns in the same way as the new clinical nurse – through on the job training. In nursing school we gain a tremendous amount of “book smarts” in the classroom but the most valuable training … Continue reading
8 Top Uses of Expert Witness Reports
1. The expert’s report is a succinct and strong statement of the expert’s opinions about liability, causation, or damages. 2. The expert may craft a report to refute the position of the opposing expert. 3. The expert’s report demonstrates the … Continue reading
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Nurse Practitioners: Risks for Nursing Malpractice by Pat Iyer and Pat Goode
New roles and responsibilities, expansion of practice areas and changes in insurance patterns have meant increasing professional liability risks for nurse practitioners, one of the four major types of advanced practice nurses. Others include nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and clinical … Continue reading
Why Doctors Should Not Testify to Nursing Standards of Care by Pat Iyer
The Illinois case called Sullivan V. Edward Hospital, 806 NE 645 (Ill. 2004) involved a man who climbed over side rails and was found on the floor with a head injury. The plaintiff attorney supplied a physician as the liability … Continue reading
Obtaining Diagnostic Imaging for a Potential Medical Malpractice Claim based on a chapter by Peter Berge JD, MPA, PA
The liability of a failure to diagnose or delay in diagnosis medical malpractice case often rests on the information revealed by a diagnostic test. Both defense and plaintiff attorneys and their experts will be interested in what the test showed. … Continue reading
Specifying the Format of the Medical Records based on a chapter by Peter Berge JD, MPA, PA
Records are obtained by plaintiff’s counsel prior to filing a medical malpractice suit. Ordering an extract of the medical record (typically containing information such as the admitting history and physical examination, discharge summary and laboratory results) is rarely appropriate in … Continue reading
