Regan Report on Nursing Law articles from January 1997

Regan Report on Nursing Law archives from January 1997

Failure to show I.D. - termination: suit for violation of ADA. (Americans with Disabilities Act) (McIntosh v. Brookdale Hosp. Medical Center - 942 F. Supp. 813 - NY (1996))
January 1, 1997... WHEN A NURSE WAS UNABLE TO SHOW PROPER IDENTIFICATION SHE WAS DETAINED BY SECURITY GUARDS AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS EMPLOYED. This triggered a chain of events which resulted in the nurse's termination from the hospital and a suit by the...

Does "monitor the patient" mean constantly?: $1.5 million verdict. (Adams v. Cooper Hospital 684 A.2d 506 - NJ (1996))
January 1, 1997... CASE ON POINT: Adams v. Cooper Hospital 684 A.2d 506 - NJ (1996) ISSUE: When a trauma physician orders a nurse to "monitor a patient", should the nurse leave the patient alone for thirty minutes or more? Did the "Medical Judgment Rule" apply?...

HMO's binding arbitration clause does not bar suit v. nurses. (Colorado Permanente Medical Group v. Evans 926 P.2d 1218 - CO (1996))
January 1, 1997... CASE IN POINT: Colorado Permanente Medical Group v. Evans 926 P. 2d 1218 - CO (1996) ISSUE: HMOs are the rage: Or the rage at HMOs. There is, indeed, much concern regarding the impact that HMOs have and will have on health care. Generally,...