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Category Archives: Nursing malpractice
Interruption Awareness and Medical Errors
This is a great explanation of how the overload that occurs in a nurse’s job can result in distraction and medical errors.
Tube Feeding Medication Errors
Tube feeding may be needed as a long term way of delivering nutrition. The tube may be placed into the intestinal tract in one of three ways: through the nose into the stomach, through the abdominal wall into the stomach, … Continue reading
Posted in Medication errors, Nursing malpractice
Tagged aspiration, PEG, PEJ, tube feeding medication errors
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Nursing negligence or ineffective technique?
At the annual Academy of Medical Surgical Nursing conference, where I taught a legal preconference, I picked up a flyer created by a clinical nurse specialist. She reported on a project her hospital started to look into the cost and … Continue reading
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Tagged central lines, CVAD, heparin flushes, saline flushes
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Magnet Hospitals: Indicator of Quality? Part 2
The process of becoming designated as a Magnet hospital is an arduous one. Compliance in meeting the Magnet Standards of Care and Standards of Professional Performance must be documented. It is then decided if the organizational overview and measurement criteria … Continue reading
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Tagged Magnet Hospital, Nursing malpractice, nursing negligence
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Magnet Hospitals: Indicator of Quality? Part 1
How good is a hospital and its nursing staff? Does it have Magnet status? The Magnet Recognition Program® was developed by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to recognize healthcare organizations that provide nursing excellence. The program also provides a … Continue reading
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Tagged Magnet Hospital, Nursing malpractice, nursing negligence
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Medical errors: it only takes a moment
Medical errors and accidents can happen in a moment, and forever change a life. One night last year, my husband and I were driving separately down a dark road to our house. I was ahead of him. I heard a … Continue reading
Facebook Jeopardizes Patient Safety
A story in USA Today (June 8, 2011) described how Alaska Airlines provided Ipads without WiFi capability to pilots so they don’t have to carry heavy manuals. “It’s against company policy for the pilots to connect to the internet”, said … Continue reading
Top 4 reasons why there is gold in nurses’ notes
1. Comprehension: Nursing documentation is often the key to understanding the events that spawn a nursing or medical malpractice claim. The medical record can refute or support the plaintiff’s or defendant’s version of events. 2. Screen cases: Careful scrutiny of … Continue reading
Alarm fatigue: When nurses do not respond to alarms
The nursing standard of care involves correctly applying, programming and responding to critical alarms on medical equipment. A recent article by the Boston Globe highlights one of the dangers of high intensity nursing today – not responding to alarms. Alarms … Continue reading
How Nurses’ Jobs Lead to Trouble: 12 Tips
These twelve tips represent common traps affecting nurses, as shared by JoAnn Pietro, RN, Esq, who practices employment law at Wahrenberger and Pietro. 1. New graduates should not be placed in complex clinical areas that demand more knowledge, experience, and … Continue reading
