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Feature Article:   Does multistate licensure increase your liability risk?

Even though the multistate Nurse Licensure Compact has been in place since 2000, it is still causing much controversy in the nursing community. So far it has been implemented in 20 states and is being considered in another three, but not without opposition. Why?

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• Keeping up with Technology: Your Risks and Responsibilities
• Facing a Frivolous Lawsuit

Feature Article:   When and why you should apologize to patients

Despite the obvious risks of admitting guilt, the movement toward full disclosure—and finding a way to enable clinicians to empathize with patients and apologize for unfortunate outcomes—is gaining momentum. Apologizing for clinical errors even has been shown to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits.

Other Articles:

• Simple steps to help reduce medication errors
• Serving as an expert witness? Protect yourself!

Feature Article:   Going up the Chain of Command

Hospitals should include information about chain-of-command policies and procedures in their orientation programs. If they don’t, student nurses should ask their supervisor or preceptor about how to draw attention to a patient problem—in other words, how to "escalate" the problem.

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• Failure overdose of anti-seizure medication