In a medical malpractice case, it is important to remember that the burden of proving that the clinician breached the standard of care is on the plaintiff. When the clinician is an NP, the standard of care should be for NPs not physicians.
Is a clinician liable for not properly treating a patient who later dies by suicide and kills his family?
Is a clinician liable for misdiagnosis of a patient that results in injury to a third party?
A recent decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court overturned a 90-year-old precedent protecting nurses from liability if they were following a doctor’s order. The case has caused great concern among the medical community and could potentially result in more lawsuits against nurses.
This case outlines whether an employer can fire an employee for inappropriate social media posts. If your employer has a social media policy, familiarize yourself with it.
Can signing off on a note in a patient’s medical chart constitute provision of health care? Read our latest Legal Advisor to find out.
Medical records in a sexual assault case were obtained by the suspect’s mother, a nurse at the hospital. Read what happened in this HIPAA-based case.
Delay in removal of gastric band leads to infection, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and death.
Although the facts in this month’s Legal Advisor predate the COVID-19 pandemic, the legal impact is likely to be relevant in cases that involve religious exemption for mandatory vaccines.
A litigious patient mistakenly believes that a misdiagnosis is grounds for malpractice.
