Nursing Malpractice, Fourth Edition Volume I PDF eBook

• Author: Patricia W. Iyer, Barbara J. Levin, Kathleen C. Ashton, Victoria Powell
• ISBN 10: 1-933264-94-2
• ISBN 13: 978-1-933264-94-3
• Copyright Date Ed:  May 1, 2011
• Pages: 736 pages
• PDF eBook

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 I and Volume II 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 process--from the neonate to the oldest nursing home resident.  It gives a comprehensive overview of nursing responsibilities.

Nursing Malpractice, Fourth Edition consists of two separate books: Volume 1 and Volume 2. Volume 1, Foundations of Nursing Malpractice Claims, 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.

Topics include:

• Roots of Patient Injury
• Where Have All the Nurses Gone?
• Moving from Traditional Law and Medicine to Promote Safety and Effective Risk Management
• Patient Safety Initiatives
• Medical Errors: Roots of Litigation
• Foundations of Nursing Practice
• Nursing Documentation
• Inside the Healthcare Environment
• Intersection of Nursing and Employment Law
• Pain and Suffering
• Vocational Evaluations in Nursing Malpractice Cases
• Life Care Planning
• Role of the Forensic Economist in Nursing Malpractice Actions
• Screening the Nursing Malpractice Case
• Plaintiff Attorney’s Perspective: Working Up a Case
• Defense Attorney’s Perspective: Working Up a Case
• View of the Actuary
• E-Discovery
• Working with Claims Adjusters
• Working with Legal Nurse Consultants
• Working with Nursing Expert Witnesses
• Demonstrative Evidence
• Keeping the Jurors in Mind: Jury Research, Jury Selection, Themes, and Comprehension
• Crafting Effective Themes for a Nursing Malpractice Case
• Trial Techniques

Table of Contents

PART I: PATIENT SAFETY

Chapter 1: The Roots of Patient Injury
by Patricia W. Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC
Chapter 2: Where Have All the Nurses Gone?
by Patricia W. Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC
Chapter 3: Moving from Traditional Law and Medicine to Promote Safety and Effective Risk Management
by Bryan A. Liang, MD, PhD, JD and Timothy Mackey, MAS
Chapter 4: Patient Safety Initiatives
by Patricia W. Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC and Susan Mellott, RN, CPHQ, FNAHQ, PhD
Chapter 5: Medical Errors: Roots of Litigation
by Patricia W. Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC and Peter I. Bergé, JD, RPA

PART II: NURSING PRACTICE

Chapter 6: The Foundations of Nursing Practice
by Patricia W. Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC and Susan Egger, MSN, RN
Chapter 7: Nursing Documentation
by Patricia W. Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC and Sharon L. Koob, RN, BSBA, CPHRM, ARM
Chapter 8: Inside the Healthcare Environment
by Judith D. Rottkamp, MA, RN, CNA
Chapter 9: The Intersection of Nursing and Employment Law
by Thomas B. Lewis, Esq., Stephanie B. Camarda, Esq., and Mark F. Kowal, Esq.

PART III: DAMAGES

Chapter 10: Pain and Suffering
by Patricia W. Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC
Chapter 11: Vocational Evaluations in Nursing Malpractice Cases
by Irmo Marini, PhD, CRC, CLCP and Mark Lukas, Ed.D., CRC
Chapter 12: Life Care Planning
by Mona Goldman Yudkoff, RN, BSN, MPH, CRRN, CCM, CLCP, Alisa Mintzer Dayanim, RN, BSN, MSN, CRRN, and Victoria Powell, RN, CCM, LNCC, CNLCP, CLCP, MSCC, CEAS
Chapter 13: The Role of the Forensic Economist in Nursing Malpractice Actions
by Frank D. Tinari, PhD

PART IV: LITIGATION OF NURSING MALPRACTICE CLAIMS

Chapter 14: Screening the Nursing Malpractice Case
by David Cohen, Esq.
Chapter 15: The Plaintiff’s Attorney’s Perspective: Working Up a Case
by Robert B. Buckalew, Esq., Tonia D. Aiken, JD, BSN, RN, and Diane Warlick, JD, BSN, RN
Chapter 16: Defense Attorney’s Perspective: Working Up a Case
by Peter A. Greene, Esq.
Chapter 17: View of the Actuary
by Mindy M. Steichen, FCAS, MAAA and Peter G. Wick, FCAS, MAAA
Chapter 18: E-Discovery
by G. Ann Geyer, Esq.
Chapter 19: Working with Claims Adjusters
by Barbara Cohen, RN, MS, M.Ed., JD and Louise H. Hayes, Esq.
Chapter 20: Working with Legal Nurse Consultants
by Patricia W. Iyer, MSN, RN, LNCC and Deborah D. D’Andrea, BSN, BA, RN
Chapter 21: Working with Nursing Expert Witnesses
by Patricia W. Iyer, RN, MSN, LNCC, and Raymond Fleming, Esq.
Chapter 22: Demonstrative Evidence
by Stephen Appelbaum, CEP, EPIC, Patricia W. Iyer, RN, MSN, LNCC, and John M. Parisi, Esq.
Chapter 23: Keeping the Jurors in Mind: Jury Research, Jury Selection, Themes, and Comprehension
by Diane Wiley
Chapter 24: Crafting Effective Themes for a Nursing Malpractice Case
by Sean J. Doolan, Esq., Monica M. Kenny, Esq., Nursine S. Jackson, MSN, RN, Samuel L. Davis, Esq., Douglas S. Grossbart, MD, JD, and Wendy Neggers, Esq.
Chapter 25: Trial Techniques
by Kenneth F. Fulginiti, Esq., Samuel L. Davis, Esq., Helen Griff Chalier (formerly Weisgal), Esq., and Wendy Neggers, Esq.

Volume 2, Roots of Nursing Malpractice, takes a closer look at more specific roles, with detailed chapters on obstetrics, critical care, psychiatric, medical surgical, orthopaedic, managed care and emergency nursing, among many others.

Included are new chapters on respiratory care, school nursing, dialysis therapy, telephone triage, nurse practitioners, healthcare-acquired conditions, and falls and their consequences.

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.