Nursing Malpractice, Fourth Edition (Volume I) (Beige)

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Nursing Malpractice, Fourth Edition (Volume I): Foundations of Nursing Malpractice Claims by Patricia W. Iyer, Barbara J. Levin, Kathleen C. Ashton, and Victoria Powell is the only book on the market written for attorneys on nursing malpractice with such a broad base of expert authors — including attorneys, nurse attorneys, nurse expert witnesses, legal nurse consultants, physicians, pharmacists, toxicologists, jury consultants, actuaries, and legal photographers.

This 736-page casebound volume covers broad-range topics from patient safety and nursing practice through damages and full litigation strategy. Designed to complement Volume II (Roots of Nursing Malpractice — clinical specialty roles).

Authors: 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: May 1, 2011
Pages: 736
Binding: Casebound
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches

Topics Include:

Roots of patient injury and the nursing shortage
Patient safety initiatives and medical errors
Foundations of nursing practice and documentation
Inside the healthcare environment and employment law
Pain and suffering, vocational evaluations, and life care planning
Role of the forensic economist in nursing malpractice
Screening cases — plaintiff and defense perspectives
View of the actuary and e-discovery
Working with claims adjusters, legal nurse consultants, and expert witnesses
Demonstrative evidence and jury research
Crafting effective themes and trial techniques

Book News, Inc.

A reference for attorneys and claims adjustors investigating a nursing malpractice claim. Covers the spectrum of the nursing process, from patient admittance to lawsuit, reveals typical ways in which nurses try to cover up their mistakes, and shows how nurses are caught in difficult positions between insurance company lawyers and hospital procedures. Details the defendant nurse's daily routine, whether as a surgical nurse or nurse-supervisor in a nursing home setting. Material is in sections on nursing practice and documentation; common areas of nursing liability, such as pediatric, emergency, critical care, and psychiatric nursing; and litigation of nursing malpractice claims. Specific topics include trial consulting, the role of the forensic economist in nursing malpractice actions, and today's health care environment. Includes a drug and chemical name index. Iyer is a legal nurse consultant and a medical surgical nurse expert witness.

Elena McAllister, RN, BA

This book is a must for any LNC's library.

Rebecca Israel, RN, BSN, CCRN, CLNC

I have a fabulous book that I just picked up at the last AALNC confernece...It's called "Nursing Malpractice, Second Edition" edited by Patricia Iyer, RN, MSN, LNCC. I have found it extremely useful and very well organized. I also like the reams of references that are included in the bibliography after each section and chapter. I highly recommend this book for any legal nurse consultants's library.

Russ Herman, JD

The text is practical and analytical and will prove to be an EXCELLENT work, essential to the library of trial lawyers, administrators, and risk managers.