Nurses have always faced unique and complex challenges. In 2022, these challenges were exacerbated by acute and ongoing staffing shortages, demographic changes, bureaucratic and managerial demands, ...

A jury ruled in favor of the patient in a malpractice lawsuit in Georgia, in part because the nursing staff updated the patient's care record late, Kelli Rosenthal, RN, CRNI, VA-BC, a longtime nurse ...

Approximately one-third of malpractice cases involving nursing cite a breakdown in communication, according to the recently published “Malpractice Risks in Communication Failures: 2015 Annual ...

Home care nurses were more vulnerable to professional liability claims than any other nursing specialty from 2015 to 2019, according to a new report. The findings, recently released by professional ...

On April 23, 2020, the Kaiser Family Foundation (“KFF”) issued a report authored by Priya Chidambaram entitled, “State Reporting of Cases and Deaths Due to COVID-19 in Long-Term Care Facilities.” In ...

An ongoing concern about medical malpractice litigation is that it may induce provider exit, potentially affecting consumer welfare. The nursing home sector is subject to substantial litigation ...

Judge rules that malpractice cap should not apply in case of Brandon woman who suffered a stroke two days after she was ...

Nursing homes in Louisiana would face lesser financial threats from lawsuits under a new bill the full state Senate is set to consider. The bill would expand the definition of medical malpractice to ...

In its annual Honesty and Ethics poll, Gallup has named nursing as the nation’s most trusted profession. In light of New ...

A resident’s family suing a nursing home and hospice facility for medical malpractice and wrongful death can use records from previous state investigations, including survey citations, a court of ...

Nurses in North Carolina may need to purchase or upgrade their malpractice insurance after a recent ruling by the state Supreme Court. Last month, the court ruled nurses can be sued for following ...

A nursing home in Williamsburg’s Midtown faces a $3 million lawsuit after a man died from an infection weeks after he was discharged from the home. The estate of Casey Lamont Samuel has sued Envoy of ...