Legal Nurse Consultants that specialize in Nursing Malpractice Issues: Kathy Christopherson, RN, President and CEO, Critical Consults, Inc.:"Kathy Christopherson, RN, President and CEO, has been a practicing Registered Nurse for over 26 years and a Legal Nurse Consultant for over 13 years. Her clinical experience includes critical care/intensive care, emergency department, cardiac rehabilitation and nursing education. She remains active in teaching nurses and patient care technicians in the hospital setting and participates in orientation of new staff, credentialing and is an Advanced Cardiopulmonary Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (CPR) instructor. As a Legal Nurse Consultant, Kathy has been both an independent consultant and an in-house consultant, working for both plaintiff and defense attorneys throughout the southeast. She has been an expert witness on nursing issues as well as a fact witness for the medical record. She provides services to assist the attorney See List of Consulting Services. Kathy also provides valuable medical library and online literature research."
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http://www.criticalconsults.com/Kathy Christopherson, RN, Bryan M. Pulliam, LLC:"Ms. Christopherson has over 23 years of nursing and hospital experience. She has worked in the areas of critical care, rehabilitation and nursing education. Ms. Christopherson has been doing legal consulting for lawyers–both plaintiff and defense–for more than 10 years. Ms. Christopherson has also served as an expert witness for both plaintiff and defense lawyers. Ms. Christopherson is also a member of The American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants."
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Rhonda K. Alfredson RN CLNC CRRN CCM COHN, Georgia Legal Nurse Consultants:"Discovery Partners provides a multitude of comprehensive nurse consulting services to attorneys, small and large businesses, and insurance companies. Services include Legal Nurse Consulting (med. mal, PI, WC, toxic torts, fraud, soc. security, PL, criminal, gen. negligence) , Disability and Workers' Compensation Case Management, Hearing Conservation Program Consultation and Administration, Ergonomics Consultations, Occupational Health Services Consultation, Medical/Health Related Educational offerings, as well as other consultative and support services."
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Nursing malpractice, Nursing, Jun 1998 by Wilkinson, Allen P:"What is nursing malpractice? Malpractice is the legal term for negligence by professionals, which generally includes nurses. In some states, however, malpractice is applied only to physicians, lawyers, and accountants; nurses could be sued for professional negligence instead. Although this seems like a fine distinction, it has practical significance because the statute of limitations (the time limit for bringing a legal action) is usually shorter for negligence than for malpractice. For our purposes, I'll use the term malpractice to cover any type of professional negligence."
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Nursing Malpractice CD-ROM, Second Edition, LawyersandJudges.com:"An outstanding reference for the attorney or claims adjustor investigating a nursing malpractice claim, the second edition of Nursing Malpractice brings you a wealth of information and resources to use in bringing a case to trial. Comprehensive and full of inside information, Ms. Iyer's book covers the spectrum of the nursing process--from patient admittance to lawsuit. Packed with tips and techniques for finding the missing loophole, this volume reveals typical ways in which nurses try to cover up their mistakes, and shows how nurses are caught in a difficult position between the insurance company lawyers and hospital procedures. It details your defendant nurse's daily routine, whether as a surgical nurse or nurse-supervisor in a nursing home setting, giving a comprehensive feel for all the actions which fall under a nurse's responsibility. Nursing Malpractice makes an excellent addition to your library."
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Representation If Sued, Nursing Legal Issues, Medi-smart.com:"As their professional roles expand, nurses are naturally becoming more vulnerable to the types of lawsuits that have plagued physicians for years. Malpractice is the legal term for negligence by any licensed professional. Case law began recognizing nurses as professionals in the mid-1970s, and has lately come to see registered nurses as "assertive, decisive healthcare providers," according to a 1985 New York appellate court opinion."
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Nurses, Negligence, and Malpractice: An analysis based on more than 250 cases against nurses, Nursingcenter.com:"More and more nurses are being named defendants in malpractice lawsuits, according to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). From 1998 to 2001, for instance, the number of malpractice payments made by nurses increased from 253 to 413 (see Figure 1 , page 55). The trend shows no signs of stopping, 1–3 despite efforts by nursing educators to inform nurses and student nurses of their legal and professional responsibilities and limitations. A charge of negligence against a nurse can arise from almost any action or failure to act that results in patient injury—most often, an unintentional failure to adhere to a standard of clinical practice—and may lead to a malpractice lawsuit."
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Nursing Malpractice - Online Lawyer Source:"Nursing malpractice is generally defined as negligence on behalf of a nursing professional that causes emotional or physical damage to a patient under his/her care. Any medical professional can be held accountable for medical malpractice. According to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the amount of nursing malpractice cases involving medication errors, documentation errors, or failure to intervene or assess, has risen in the last five years. Other cases of nursing malpractice include surgical mistakes ; negligence during child delivery ; failure to properly diagnose and treat an illness in a timely manner ; failure to note a significant change in patient condition or failure to notify the doctor of this change ; misuse of a medical device ; failure to get informed patient consent ; or any other negligence that causes injury or illness to a patient by not meeting the nursing standard of care."
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TAANA Position Paper on Expert Testimony in Nursing Malpractice Actions:"The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA) is a voluntary, nonprofit professional organization whose members have combined the legal and nursing professions. Established in 1982, its membership is comprised of individuals who hold degrees in both nursing and the law or who have completed the requirements of one profession while actively pursuing a professional degree in the other. TAANA's mission is to provide resources, education and leadership to it members as well to both the medical and legal communities on issues relating to health law and policy. TAANA is committed to educating the public and members of the legal profession about the nature and standards of nursing."
TAANA
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Toll Free: 877-538-2262
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Nursing malpractice statistics: Wrongdiagnosis.com:"16,339 (7.9%) nurses and nursing-related practitioners had a malpractice report made against them in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS) 18,165 (5.3%) malpractice reports were made against nurses and nursing-related practitioners in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS) Nurses and nursing-related practitioners had an average of 1.11 malpractice reports made against each of them in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)."
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Nursing Malpractice: Implications for Clinical Practice and Nursing Education Janet Pitts Beckmann, Ph.D., R.N., Galen Press:"Protect yourself by reading this book! The increasing number of nursing malpractice cases is affecting clinical practice and nursing education. After describing a typical malpractice suit, the author details sixty actual cases, each categorized by the underlying cause of the malpractice, such as medication administration and equipment use. Also provides recommendations for reducing the occurrence of malpractice and improving nursing education."
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Nursing Malpractice Sidestepping Legal Minefields Softbound, LWW.com:"This book cites court cases and settlements as a foundation to explain complicated legal and ethical issues in health care delivery. Chapters address issues surrounding each case, suggest ways that the litigation could have been avoided, and apply lessons to the larger context of daily nursing practice. Topics covered include a matter-of-fact view on medication error, documentation, breach of confidentiality, patient safety, assessment and monitoring, and patient rights. Supplemented by a special chapter on being sued and what to do, as well as featured opinions and contributions of more than two dozen nurse attorneys and risk-management and malpractice experts."
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P.O Box 391153
Cleveland, Ohio 44139
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