Regan Report on Nursing Law articles from February 2000

Regan Report on Nursing Law archives from February 2000

`Whistleblower' Fired for Reporting Medicare Fraud.
February 1, 2000... USUALLY NURSES ARE "AT- WILL" EMPLOYEES. As "at-will" employees they may be terminated for cause or no cause. Unless nurses have a contractual relationships with their employers or the safeguards afforded by union contracts, most nurses, as...

Would Reasonably Prudent RN Restrain or Not?
February 1, 2000... CASE ON POINT: Tousignant v. St. Louis County, 602 N.W.2d 882 - MN (1999) ISSUE: In many cases there is clear and compelling evidence of malpractice. However, for one reason or another, a party guilty of malpractice which causes injury...

Legal Case Briefs for Nurses.
February 1, 2000... PA: Nurse Assistant Sues Hospital Under ADA: Reasonable Accommodation Issue - No Liability CASE FACTS: Joyce Tatum worked as a nurse's assistant at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania since the early 1970s. Beginning in 1973,...

When Nurses See `Necessary Transfer' is Not Made.
February 1, 2000... CASE ON POINT: Gladney v. Sneed, 742 So.2d 642 - LA (1999) ISSUE: Ordinarily a treating physician has the responsibility to make a determination whether or not his patient should be transferred to another facility. The factors which a...