Compliance With OBRA Federal Regulations
For cases involving nursing home are, it is a clear violation of the federal regulations (OBRA) for a nurse to fail in complying with a physician’s admission order. These same regulations also strongly suggest that the failure to follow any physician’s order, such as the administration of medication, will constitute a violation of a resident’s nursing home resident rights. Should any documents have been intentionally altered, this may also give rise to a federal criminal prosecution.
You can read more practice tips in my chapter Screening the Nursing Malpractice Case, in a text edited by Patricia Iyer, RN MSN LNCC. More information about Nursing Malpractice, Third Edition, 2007 may be found at here.
You can read more practice tips in my chapter Screening the Nursing Malpractice Case, in a text edited by Patricia Iyer, RN MSN LNCC. More information about Nursing Malpractice, Third Edition, 2007 may be found at here.
