Nursing Malpractice: Foundations of Nursing Malpractice Claims - Hardcover

Patricia W. Iyer; Barbara J. Levin; Kathleen C. Ashton; Victoria Powell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1933264942 ISBN 13: 9781933264943

Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

An outstanding reference for the attorney, legal nurse consultant, insurance claim adjuster, healthcare risk manager, or healthcare facility leader involved in a nursing malpractice claim, the fourth edition of Nursing Malpractice brings you a wealth of information and resources for your case. This extensively revised and updated edition of a classic covers the spectrum of the nursing process from patient admittance to lawsuit. Packed with tips and techniques this volume reveals typical ways in which nurses try to cover up their mistakes, shows how nurses are caught in a difficult position between the insurance company lawyers and hospital procedures, and gives a comprehensive overview of nursing responsibilities. Volume I (Foundations of Nursing Malpractice Claims) of Nursing Malpractice, Fourth Edition covers broad range topics such as patient safety, nursing practice, damages, and litigation of nursing malpractice claims. Included are new chapters on the view of the actuary and e-discovery. A unique blend of attorneys, nurse attorneys, nurse expert witnesses, legal nurse consultants, physicians, pharmacists, toxicologists, jury consultants, actuaries and legal photographers contributed chapters for this book. This text remains the only one on the market written for attorneys on nursing malpractice using such a broad base of expert authors. In short, this comprehensive book is an excellent and important addition to your nursing malpractice library.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

An outstanding reference for the attorney, legal nurse consultant, insurance claim adjuster, healthcare risk manager, or healthcare facility leader involved in a nursing malpractice claim. This newly revised Nursing Malpractice, Fourth Edition, Volume 1 and Volume 2 is designed to give you a comprehensive overview of nursing malpractice litigation. This extensively revised and updated edition of a classic covers the spectrum of the nursing proces--from patient admittance to lawsuit.

Volume I covers macroscopic topics such as patient safety, nursing practice, damages, and litigation of nursing malpractice claims. Volume 2 takes a closer look at more specific role, with detailed chapters on obstetrics, critical care, psychiatric, medical surgical, orthopaedic, managed care and emergency nursing, among others.

About the Author:

Patricia W. Iyer is President of Med League Support Services, Inc., an independent legal nurse consulting firm. Barbara J. Levin is a certified orthopaedic nurse and a legal nurse consultant. Kathleen C. Ashton, PhD is a Professor of Nursing in the Jefferson School of Nursing at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a Professor Emerita at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey, where she taught for 16 years. Victoria Powell is the owner and current president of VP Medical Consulting, a professional nurse consulting firm in central Arkansas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lawyers & Judges Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1933264942
• ISBN 13: 9781933264943
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 736