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Category Archives: Nursing home
Specialty Documents in LTC – A Primer
Dana Jolly, BSN, RN, LNCC, Principal, Jolly Consulting, LLC & Legal Nurse Consulting Institute, LLC and co-presenter of an all new webinar on polishing your writing skills Don’t let a lack of clinical experience in a specific field to limit … Continue reading
Breaking Down the Nursing Home Chart
If you have never worked in the long term care environment a glance into the medical chart might be intimidating. Flipping through the records in a nursing home chart will reveal many documents specific to this nursing specialty. Some nurses … Continue reading
Music and the Law: Part 2
One day I took out my Ipod and categorized some music. See how many of these songs you know and why they fit into the category. Do you have a contribution? Add it in the comments. Medical Malpractice Turn, Turn, … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Medical malpractice, Nursing home, Uncategorized
Tagged Medical malpractice, nursing home litigation
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Plaintiff Winner: Sexual assault
How do sexual predators gain access to vulnerable patients? They may come in the form of an employee, visitor, staffing agency employee, or patient. The healthcare facility is obligated to know who it hires to provide care. Criminal background checks … Continue reading
Plaintiff Winner: Dropped during transfer
The sound of a body hitting the floor can bring healthcare providers running. When the sound occurs when a nurse or aide drops a patient during transfer, the next sound may be, “Oh no.” This type of fall may occur … Continue reading
Posted in CMS never events, Damages, Medical errors, Medical malpractice, Nursing home, Nursing malpractice, Pain and suffering, Patient safety, Tampering with evidence
Tagged dropped during transfer, dropped while anesthetized, pathological fracture, patient fall, spontaneous fracture
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Vision Problems and Patient Safety by Pat Iyer
Elders at home, in assisted living, and nursing homes are at risk for injury because of decreased vision. Visual problems run the gamut from reliance on glasses to legal blindness. Legal blindness is defined as corrected visual acuity in the … Continue reading
Posted in Legal nurse consulting, Nursing home, Nursing malpractice, Patient safety
Tagged blindness, decreased vision, falls
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The aging population by Pat Iyer
According to the American Association of Retired people (AARP), who collected information in 2009 about the growing older population, there are 10 key findings that affect provision of long term care services: 1. The population age 85 or old – … Continue reading
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Preventing Nursing Home Patients From Getting Pain Medication
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s rules and procedures are seriously delaying and in some cases preventing nursing home patients from getting the pain medication they need. According to a new survey released by the Quality Care Coalition for Patients in Pain … Continue reading
Do Not Resuscitate Orders- Expanded by Pat Iyer
Teri Cox RN MS CLNC presented a provocative concept to the New Jersey chapter of the American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants at our March 2010 meeting. CPR is a medical intervention. A competent patient may refuse to have CPR … Continue reading
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