Topics About 'Lawsuit'.

To the allnurses community, Sept. 28, 2020 [BLOOMINGTON, MN] allnurses has been the target of a meritless lawsuit (Test-Prep-vs-allnurses-amended-2016.pdf) by a test prep company that has lasted for six grueling years. Throughout this 6-year...

Hello, I'm a new grad NP and have a question about lawsuits. The provider I work with(MD) told me she has to report lawsuits to her board. I work in a correctional setting, and when patients sue, they will frequently list/name all providers that...

Brian Short, founder of allnurses.com, aka allnurses, along with his wife and 3 teenage children, died in a tragic murder-suicide in 2015 due to a quick onset and fast-spreading serious mental illness. I met Brian once during his lifetime, but I...

Hard of hearing nursing studentsSince the Americans with Disabilities Act was passed in 1990 progress has been made accommodating nursing students and nurses with disabilities in education and practice. Specifically, nurses with hearing loss are prac...

"I don't need it, Nurses are never or hardly ever sued". So, does the Nurse actually need Liability insurance? If so, why? A couple of questions that should be considered while making this decision would be: "Would my policy provide an attorney ...

I got a letter in the mail today from a law office that represents the hospital I no longer work for (Stopped working there over a year ago). The estate of a deceased patient is filing a lawsuit against the hospital, and I apparently cared for them a...

Many times nurses are not named individually in a lawsuit; it is their employer. The employer has an obligation to defend you and cover you for any of your actions as long as you were acting within the scope of your employment at the time of the alle...

To the allnurses community, As many of you are already aware, allnurses is the target of a lawsuit by East Coast Test Prep, LLC which operates Achieve Test Prep. allnurses has and continues to vigorously deny the allegations in Achieve Test Prep...

Medscape Nurses June 22, 2020 Nurses' Lawsuit Claims 'Fabricated' COVID-19 Tests at Georgia Hospital Nurses' Lawsuit Claims 'Fabricated' COVID-19 Tests at Georgia Hospital

So a bunch of employees at Thedacare in Wisconsin got a better offer at another hospital - Ascension. The employees asked Thedacare if they would match the offer and were told no, so they went to Ascension. Then Thedacare decided they didn't like th...

Nursing is hard enough without having to deal with this ... These nurses are some very brave souls to fight the Hospital administrators, some doctors, and the government in this small Georgia hospital. 'I think the judge is wrong': Nurses lose again...