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Nursing Malpractice, Third Edition
Edited
by Patricia Iyer MSN RN LNCC and Barbara Levin BSN RN LNCC
Table of Contents
Preface
Part One: Patient
Safety
1.
Roots of Patient Injury
Patricia Iyer
2.
Where Have All the Nurses Gone?
Patricia Iyer
3.
Medical Errors: Roots of Litigation
Patricia Iyer
4.
Moving from Traditional Law and Medicine
Bryan Liang
5.
Patient Safety Initiatives
Patricia Iyer, Susan Mellott, Tom Haas
Part
Two: Nursing Practice
6. Foundations of Nursing Practice
Patricia Iyer
7.
Inside Look at Today’s Healthcare Environment
Judith Rottkamp
8.
Employment Law
Tom Lewis and David Krulewicz
9.
Nursing Documentation
Patricia Iyer, Sharon Koob
Part
Three: Common Areas of Nursing Liability
10. Obstetrical Nursing Liability
Joanne McDermott
11.
Neonatal Nursing Liability
Therese Verklan
12.
Pediatric Nursing Liability
Susan Engleman
13.
Critical Care Nursing Liability
Kathleen Ashton, Jenny Beerman
14.
Perioperative Nursing Liability
Dianna McCorkle, Joann Pietro
15.
Psychiatric Nursing Liability
Wanda Mohr
16.
Medical Surgical Nursing Liability
Marlene Roman, Beth Cohen
17.
Orthopaedic/Neurological Nursing Liability
Barbara Levin, Nancy Mooney
18.
Nursing Home Liability
Gloria Blackmon, Joanne Kelsey, Kathy Tully, Patricia
Iyer
19.
Assisted Living Liability
Sean Doolan, Monica Agosto
20.
Managed Care Liability
John Webber, Peter Kolbert
21.
Home Health Care Nursing Liability
Mindy Cohen, Barbara Webber Berry, Valeri Parisi
22.
Emergency Medical Services Liability
Mary Fakes, Scott Mullins
23.
Emergency Nursing Liability
Christine Macaulay, Donna Adkins, Mary Kathyrn Saville,
Ellen Barker
Part
Four: Advanced Roles
24. Nurse Anesthesia Liability
David Rodden, Deborah Dlugose
25.
Nurse Midwife Liability
Elaine Diegmann
Part
Five: Causes of Action
26. Nosocomial Infections
Jacqueline Vance, Lorraine Harkavy
27.
Intravenous Therapy Liability
Susan Masoorli
28.
Wounds
Martie Hawkins
29.
Health Care Fraud
Agnes Grogan, Rose Clifford
30.
Nurses Who Kill
Katherine Ramsland, Dana DiVito
31.
Medication Errors
James O’Donnell, Pat Iyer, David Benjamin
Part
Six: Damages
32. Life Care Plans
Susan Riddick Grisham, Mona Goldman Yudkoff
33.
Vocational Damages
Mark Lucas
34.
Role of Economist
Frank Tinari
35.
Pain and Suffering
Patricia Iyer
Part
Seven: Litigation of Nursing Malpractice Claims
36. Screening Nursing Malpractice Cases for Merit
David Cohen
37.
Plaintiff Attorney’s Perspective: Working Up a Case
Tonia Aiken, Diane Warlick
38.
Defense Attorney’s Perspective: Working Up a Case
Peter Greene
39.
Working with Claims Adjusters
Louise Hayes
40.
Working with Legal Nurse Consultants
Patricia Iyer, Deborah D’Andrea
41.
Working with Expert Witnesses
Michael Zerres, Patricia Iyer
42.
Demonstrative Evidence
Steve Appelbaum, Patricia Iyer, John Parisi
43.
Jury Consulting
Diane Wiley
44.
Crafting Themes
Sean Doolan, Monica Agosto, Nursine Jackson, Samuel
Davis, Douglas Grossbart, Wendy Neggers
45.
Trial Techniques
Kenneth Fulginiti Samuel Davis, Helen Weisgal, Wendy
Neggers
Appendix
Ann Peterson
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