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Articles Grouped by Types of Cases


Actor’s Family Files Wrongful Death Suit

Caution: Medical Abbreviations Can Be Harmful to Your Health

Gastric Bypass and Vision Loss

Patient Safety – A Priority in Illinois

Botulism before Beauty

Uterine Rupture

Heart Murmurs

Preventing a Patient Care Fumble: Areas for improvement in patient care hand-offs

Medical Chart Review of the Apgar Score

Placenta Accreta

Brain Cancer: Malignant Gliomas

Pressure Ulcers

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

Color Coded Patient Safety

Sarcoidosis

Quality of Care and Your Client

Sickle Cell Trait Syndrome and the Athlete

The Importance of a Medical Chronology for Medical Malpractice Cases

Making the Case: The Importance of Medical Exhibits

Innohep Use Restricted in Elderly Patients

You Have Something In Your Eye

Guidelines for Drawstrings on Children

Medical Device Recalls 101

Insulin Infusion Pump Recall

Simplicity Crib Recall

Recall of Medtronic Inc. Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator Leads

Aqua Dots Recall

Personal Injury

Asbestos – From Great Discovery to Harmful Effects

Malignant Mesothelioma: Diagnosis and Treatment

Lead Poisoning in Children
Criminal Law

Forensic Nursing

Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Closer Look

Diabetes and DUI's

Methamphetamine: Crisis at Hand

Clear the Air: The Dangers of Silica Dust

The Heat is On

Air it Out: Sick Building Syndrome

FDA issues caution for Ortha Evra

Drug Safety Alert - Zyprexa

Vioxx - Concerns Continue

The Life You Save May Be Your Own

Antidepressant Use in Children: Help or Hindrance

FDA issues Caution for Tamiflu

Lost In Translation

Buying Prescribed Drugs Online

Take Your Medicine?

Heparin Overdoses

Anabolic Steroids: The High Price of Bulk

Prosaglandins: Preventing the Cardiac Clamp Down

Breastmilk and Codeine

Fentora

Avandia

Errors in Intralipids

Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

Heparin Vial Recall

Varenicline (Chantix) and Possible Adverse Events

Bisphosphonates and Cancer Patients

Personal Injury Elder Abuse

Open Head Injuries

Compression Fractures

Medicare Extension Act

Pediatric Trauma and Motor Vehicle Accidents

Personal Injury

Autism

Cold and Cough Medications

Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome Disorder

Sickle Cell Disease in the Classroom

Delayed Treatment for Sickle Cell Patients

Preventable Errors Hit Healthcare Providers’ Wallets

Emergency Care In The Pediatric Office

Providing Care for Immigrant Children

Formula Dilution: A Dangerous Cost Cutting Measure

Personal Injury

CVA

CBC, WBC, RBC, Hgb, Hct, Plt

MRSA

DES

DKA

HIE

GBS

ECHO

CPD

BTP

ICD

RSV

IUGR

ROP

SCD

ASDH

FTT

FAS

AED

HAI CHAI

SIS

SHCN

ONJ

UDF

GCS



Articles Grouped by Month of Release


Medicare Extension Act
Pediatric Trauma and Motor Vehicle Accidents
Medical Abbreviations: GCS


Formula Dilution: A Dangerous Cost Cutting Measure
Innohep Use Restricted in Elderly Patients
Medical Abbreviations: UDF


Making the Case: The Importance of Medical Exhibits
Bisphosphonates and Cancer Patients
Medical Abbreviations: ONJ


Sickle Cell Trait Syndrome and the Athlete
The Importance of a Medical Chronology for Medical Malpractice Cases
Medical Abbreviations: SHCN


Quality of Care and Your Client
Medical Abbreviations: SIS


Color Coded Patient Safety
Sarcoidosis
Medical Abbreviations: HAI CHAI


Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Varenicline (Chantix) and Possible Adverse Events
Medical Abbreviations: FAS


Emergency Care in the Pediatric Office
Providing Care for Immigrant Children
Medical Abbreviations: AED


Brain Cancer: Malignant Gliomas
Pressure Ulcers
Medical Abbreviations: FTT


Preventable Errors Hit Healthcare Providers’ Wallets
Medical Abbreviations: ASDH


Sickle Cell Disease in the Classroom
Delayed Treatment for Sicle Cell Patients
Placenta Accreta
Medical Abbreviations: SCD


Heparin Vial Recall
Compression Fractures
Medical Abbreviations: ROP


Saline vs. Heparin
Diabetes and Pregnancy
Infants of Diabetic Mothers
Medical Abbreviations: HbA1c


Errors in Intralipids
Fentanyl Transdermal Patch
Medical Abbreviations: IUGR


Medical Chart Review of the Apgar Score
Aqua Dots Recall
FDA Warning for Avandia
Medical Abbreviations: RSV


Recall of Medtronic Inc. Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator Leads
Open Head Injuries
Medical Abbreviations: ICD


Fentora
Simplicity Crib Recall
Medical Abbreviations: BTP


Breastmilk and Codeine
Preventing a Patient Care Fumble: Areas for improvement in patient care hand-offs
Medical Abbreviations: CPD


Heart Murmurs
Prosaglandins: Preventing the Cardiac Clamp Down
Medical Abbreviations: ECHO


Lead Poisoning in Children
Heparin Overdoses
Anabolic Steroids: The High Price of Bulk


Take Your Medicine?
Medical Abbreviations: A Closer Look at GBS


Uterine Rupture
Methamphetamine: Crisis at Hand
Medical Abbreviations: A Closer Look at HIE


Malignant Mesothelioma
Diabetes and DUI's
Medical Abbreviations: A Closer Look at DKA


Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome Disorder
Medical Abbreviations: A Closer Look at DES
Buying Prescribed Drugs Online


Cold and Cough Medications
Medical Abbreviations: A Closer Look at MRSA
Lost In Translation


FDA issues Caution for Tamiflu
Medical Abbreviations: A Closer Look
Botulism before Beauty


Autism
Antidepressant Use in Children: Help or Hindrance
Asbestos – From Great Discovery to Harmful Effects
CVA: Cerebrovascular Accident


Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Closer Look
Medical Device Recalls 101
Insulin Infusion Pump Recall


Elder Abuse
Forensic Nursing
Guidelines for Drawstrings on Children


The Life You Save May Be Your Own
Patient Safety – A Priority in Illinois
Air it Out: Sick Building Syndrome


The Heat is On
Gastric Bypass and Vision Loss
Drug Safety Alert - Zyprexa
Vioxx - Concerns Continue


Actor’s Family Files Wrongful Death Suit
Caution: Medical Abbreviations Can Be Harmful to Your Health
You Have Something In Your Eye
Clear the Air: The Dangers of Silica Dust


FDA issues caution for Ortha Evra


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Medicare Extension Act

Paulette Campbell
RN-BC, BSN, MJ
Certified Legal Nurse Consultant

Section 111 of the Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Extension Act requires that liability insurers must report information about liability claimants who are entitled to Medicare. These requirements include... [More]

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