Article: "Harvesting" the Patient's Money.
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...I recently consulted with a patient who has been looking for a way to...of care from the clinic; but some patients, he was told, have spent much more...better his chances of surviving. The patient had already done a great deal of investigation...

Article: Patient's fall: solid nursing documentation afterward, negligence lawsuit dismissed.(Case overview)
Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession;  May 1, 2009 ;     439 words ...The patient was admitted to the facility's Alzheimer...resection for benign prostatic hypertrophy. The patient's roommate was moved into the Alzheimer...bladder control and wore diapers at night. Patient Was Found on the Floor Nurse Noted What...

Article: Therapist's notes: court-ordered rehabilitation for hate speech: patient: Coulter, Ann.
National Review;  April 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ...First Session: The patient arrives on time, displays pleasant and agreeable...as he doesn't seem gay. Therapist asks why patient instantly assumes that interior decorators are invariably gay. Patient apologizes for the stereotyped response. I...

Article: Nurses Extubate Patient Without Dr.'s Order - Death Results.(Brief Article)
Nursing Law's Regan Report;  August 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...SHOULD NURSES BE ALLOWED TO EXTUBATE A PATIENT WITHOUT A PHYSICIAN'S ORDER? That was...nurses did not merely combine with the patient's preexisting condition to create the...independent force that directly caused the patient's death. GEORGIA McMULLEN WAS DIAGNOSED...

Article: Discharge planning for the NPPV patient.(noninvasive positive pressure ventilation )
FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine;  March 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...With decreasing length of patient stays in health care facilities, patient discharges involving noninvasive positive pressure...frustrating experience for the referral source, the patient and home care respiratory care professional. The reason...

Article: ICU nursing: death of patient post-CABG surgery tied to substandard nursing care.
Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The patient was sent to the hospital's intensive care...one-to-one nursing care in the ICU. The patient was on an intra-aortic balloon pump, a...synchronization with set points in the patient's EKG waveforms, the overall goal being...

Article: Patient-controlled analgesia: jury relates patient's death to nursing negligence.(McAllen Hosp. v. Muniz)
Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession;  January 1, 2008 ;     442 words ...A morphine patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) was started right after amputation of the patient's left lower leg for his pain at the surgical...specialist came in three days later and put the patient back on a PCA, this time with Dilaudid at a...

Article: Chain of command: nurse blamed for neuro patient's death after Brainstem Herniation.
Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession;  August 1, 2008 ;     458 words ...The twenty-four year-old patient, after several visits to the E.R. for...a.m. the morning before surgery the patient's nurse observed his right pupil was...neurosurgeon ordered Dilaudid .5 mg for the patient's severe headache, one dose right away...

Article: EMTALA: E.R. patient admitted to ICU, treated, released AMA, court sees no violation.(Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1985)
Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession;  January 1, 2007 ;     536 words ...First, having admitted the patient for inpatient care is a complete defense to an EMTALA civil lawsuit. Second, this patient received the same medical screening and stabilizing care any similar patient would have received. He was evaluated...

Article: Opening the floodgates of usability: clinical information systems allow free flow of patient data to clinicians when and where they need it.(Clinical Information Systems)
Health Management Technology;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Treating a patient is a team effort, so key members of that...results and vital data contained in a patient's record. But this requires that the information...have a then and there ability to document patient information and have it available in the...

Article: Was patient's advance directive 'concealed' and ignored?
Medical Law's Regan Report;  August 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...PASCENTIA MCDONALD, AGE 73, WAS A PATIENT AT USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. Her attending physicians...Fred Weaver (collectively physicians). After the patient's death, Cynthia Cardoza, the patient's daughter, brought suit against the physicians...

Article: Jehovah's witness pt. survives crisis: Dr. Sued for giving transfusions: case on point: Harvey v. Strickland, 2002 WL 1459141 S.2d--SC. (Medical Law Case of the Month).(patient)(Brief Article)
Medical Law's Regan Report;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...ISSUE: In most cases, when a patient survives a life or death situation...this unusual South Carolina case, the patient, a Jehovah's Witness, notified a physician...procedure without transfusing the patient. After the patient lost approximately...

Article: IN: Pt. Sues Psychiatrist After Limitations Has Run: `Fraudulent Concealment' Held Not Applicable.(patient)(Brief Article)
Medical Law's Regan Report;  March 1, 2001 ;     425 words ...CASE FACTS: Louis Thomas was a patient of Dr. Howard Deitsch. On November 25, 1997, the patient scheduled an appointment because he was experiencing...blood. On November 28., Dr. Deitsch saw the patient and sent him for a chest X-ray. A follow-up...

Article: Getting your patient in tune with pressure support ventilation.(MECHANICAL VENTILATION)
FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ...When mechanical ventilation is initially instituted on a patient, dys-synchrony is not usually problematic, providing the patient is adequately sedated. These patients are on a control mode of ventilation such as volume or pressure assist-contr...