Legal Nurse Consulting Principles, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Kopishke, Lynda; Peterson, Ann M

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 734
• Edition: 3rd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Law, Standards of Care, and Liability Issues; T. Dandry Aiken, RN, JD and D. Trace Warlick, RN, JDHistory, Entry into Practice, and Certification; K. J. Huff , BSN, RN, LNCC; P. A. Costantini, RN, MEd, LPC, CRC, CCM, CLCP, LNCC, D-ABVE; and J. Mihalich, BSN, RN, LNCCProfessionalism, Standards of Practice, and Standards of Professional Performance; J. Magnusson, BSN, RN, LHRM, LNCCElements of Triage: Effective Case Screening of Medical Malpractice Claims; P. ZaiKaner Miller, RNAccess to Medical Records; J. Grant-Stafford, MSN, RNDiscovery and Disclosure; K. L. DiCecco, MSN, RN, LNCCInformed. Read more...

Abstract: The Law, Standards of Care, and Liability Issues; T. Dandry Aiken, RN, JD and D. Trace Warlick, RN, JDHistory, Entry into Practice, and Certification; K. J. Huff , BSN, RN, LNCC; P. A. Costantini, RN, MEd, LPC, CRC, CCM, CLCP, LNCC, D-ABVE; and J. Mihalich, BSN, RN, LNCCProfessionalism, Standards of Practice, and Standards of Professional Performance; J. Magnusson, BSN, RN, LHRM, LNCCElements of Triage: Effective Case Screening of Medical Malpractice Claims; P. ZaiKaner Miller, RNAccess to Medical Records; J. Grant-Stafford, MSN, RNDiscovery and Disclosure; K. L. DiCecco, MSN, RN, LNCCInformed

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Front cover
Acknowledgment from Ann M. Peterson
Acknowledgment from Lynda Kopishke
Preface
Editors
Contributors
Reviewers
Contents
Chapter 1. The Law, Standards of Care, and Liability Issues
Chapter 2. History, Entry into Practice, and Certification
Chapter 3. Professionalism, Standards of Practice, and Standards of Professional Performance
Chapter 4. Elements of Triage: Effective Case Screening of Medical Malpractice Claims
Chapter 5. Access to Medical Records
Chapter 6. Discovery and Disclosure
Chapter 7. Informed Consent Chapter 8. Medical Treatment Decisions: The Patient's ChoiceChapter 9. Communication with Clients in the Medical Malpractice Arena
Chapter 10. Legal Writing
Chapter 11. Researching Medical Information and Literature
Chapter 12. Medical Record Analysis
Chapter 13. Report Preparation: Principles and Process
Chapter 14. Trial Preparation and the Trial Process
Chapter 15. Locating and Working with Expert Witnesses
Chapter 16. Alternative Dispute Resolution: Settlement, Arbitration, and Mediation
Chapter 17. Nursing Home and Subacute Rehabilitation Litigation Chapter 18. Personal Injury and Accident ReconstructionChapter 19. Defense Medical Evaluations
Chapter 20. Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Product Liability Litigation
Chapter 21. Evaluating Toxic Tort Cases
Chapter 22. ERISA and HMO Litigation
Chapter 23. Evaluating Forensics Cases
Appendix 1: Glossary
Appendix 2: Acronyms
Index
Back cover

✦ Subjects

Consultants -- United States. Expert Testimony -- United States. Jurisprudence -- United States. Nursing -- Law and legislation -- United States. Nursing -- United States. Nursing consultants -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.