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DID THE NURSES’ NEGLIGENCE CAUSE THE PLAINTIFF’S QUADRIPLEGIA?
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - November 2025 Facts of the Case The male patient’s car accident resulted in a spinal cord...
Nancy Brent November 4, 2025
LPN’S PATIENT CARE AND MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURES RAISE CONCERNS FOR HER AND HER ABILITY TO PRACTICE SAFELY
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - September 2025 Substance Use Disorder in nursing is a clear concern. Estimates of the types of...
Nancy Brent September 3, 2025
WAS THIS PERIOPERATIVE NURSE EDUCATOR’S FIRING A RETALIATORY ACTION BY HER EMPLOYER?
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - August 2025 Retaliation by an employer occurs when the employer takes an adverse action against an...
Nancy Brent August 1, 2025
NURSE ADMINISTRATOR FAILS TO UPHOLD LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND FACES DISCIPLINARY ACTION BY HER STATE BOARD OF NURSING
As a nurse administrator, whether in the role of a nurse manager, a director of nursing, a chief nurse officer...
Nancy Brent May 6, 2025
Was This LPN’s Negligence Professional Negligence or Ordinary Negligence?
Professional negligence is a legal principle you are probably familiar with. Nurses are considered professionals in the eyes of the...
Nancy Brent October 1, 2024
DID THIS NURSE PRACTITIONER FAIL TO INSPECT THE REMOVED DRAINAGE TUBE SHE REMOVED AFTER LUMBAR LAMINECTOMY SURGERY?
Avoiding Liability Bulletin - August 2024 In this Michigan Court of Appeals decision (Ahern v. Henry Ford Health System, et...
Nancy Brent August 1, 2024