Regan Report on Nursing Law articles

Recent articles from Regan Report on Nursing Law

Nurses' Deviation Not The Cause of Fetal Death.
April 1, 2000... CAN NURSES DEVIATE FROM THE APPLICABLE STANDARD OF CARE YET NOT BE LIABLE FOR THE DEATH OF A FETUS? The answer depends on whether the nurses' deviation was the proximate cause of the fetal death. That was the situation with which the courts were confronted in this Illinois case. MARILEE...

CRNA 99% at Fault in Pt. Death: Comparative Negligence.
April 1, 2000... CASE ON POINT: Schmidt v. Shearer, 995 P.2d 381 - KS (1999) ISSUE: In this unusual Kansas case a CRNA and others involved in the care and treatment of a patient had settled with the estate of a patient whose death had been caused by those involved in his care. However one treating...

NY: Nurse `Microwaves Washcloth' for Infant: Nurse is Liable for Second Degree Burns.
April 1, 2000... CASE FACTS: Four-day-old Demitrius Hawkins was a patient at Deaconess Family Medicine Center, a department of Buffalo General Hospital. Katherine Battaglia, a nurse at Deaconess, placed a washcloth, which had been heated in a microwave oven, on the newborn's heel to facilitate drawing blood...

NY: Dr. Orders R.N. to Lift Obese Patient: Is Dr. Liable for Injuries Incurred by R.N.?
April 1, 2000... CASE FACTS: Bonnie Hover was employed as a registered nurse at Columbia Memorial Hospital. In the course of her employment she was assigned to care for certain patients. One such patient had been admitted by Dr. Ananth Ramani, a physician with privileges at the hospital. Dr. Ramani's orders...

Can Physicians Testify as Experts Re Nursing Standards?
April 1, 2000... CASE ON POINT: Hall v Sacred Heart Medical Center, 988 P.2d 621 - WA (2000) ISSUE: It is well established that nurses, however highly qualified, cannot testify as experts on the practice of medicine. Is the reverse true? Not all physicians are qualified to testify as experts as to the...