Nursing Malpractice, Fourth Edition (Volume II) (Blue)

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Nursing Malpractice, Fourth Edition (Volume II): Roots of Nursing Malpractice by Patricia W. Iyer, Barbara J. Levin, Kathleen C. Ashton, and Victoria Powell provides in-depth coverage of nursing malpractice liability across clinical specialties — from neonates to the oldest nursing home resident. This 960-page casebound volume is the companion to Volume I (Foundations of Nursing Malpractice Claims) and includes new chapters on respiratory care, school nursing, dialysis therapy, telephone triage, nurse practitioners, healthcare-acquired conditions, and falls.

Written by the only book on the market for attorneys covering nursing malpractice with such a broad base of expert contributors.

Authors: Patricia W. Iyer, Barbara J. Levin, Kathleen C. Ashton, Victoria Powell
ISBN-10: 1-933264-96-9
ISBN-13: 978-1-933264-96-7
Copyright: May 1, 2011
Pages: 960
Binding: Casebound
Size: 8.5 x 11 inches

Clinical Specialties Covered:

Obstetrical, neonatal, and pediatric nursing malpractice
Critical care and perioperative nursing malpractice
Psychiatric nursing liability
Medical surgical and respiratory malpractice
Orthopaedic nursing malpractice
Subacute, long-term care, and assisted living liability
School nursing, managed care, and dialysis therapy
Home healthcare and emergency nursing malpractice
Telephone triage liability
Nurse practitioner, nurse anesthesia, and midwifery malpractice
Healthcare-acquired conditions and hospital infections
Intravenous therapy malpractice
Wounds, falls, and their consequences
Medication errors
Healthcare fraud in nursing

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.