Expanding Horizons: From Bedside Nurse to Expert Witness

Koniak‐Griffin, Deborah; Prepas, Robbie

doi:10.1097/00005237-199612000-00007

The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing

1996

DOI: 10.1097/00005237-199612000-00007

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Expanding Horizons: From Bedside Nurse to Expert Witness

Deborah Koniak‐Griffin

Robbie Prepas

Abstract: Opportunities for perinatal and neonatal nurses to serve as expert witnesses are expanding, particularly in the area of medical malpractice. The article presents an overview of the role and qualifications of the nurse expert in medical malpractice cases. The phases of involvement in the legal process, from review of medical records to testifying in deposition and at trial, are described. Essential information is presented about factors to consider in formulating an expert opinion and strategies for testifying … Show more

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The Role of the Clinical Forensic Nurse in Critical Care

Goll-McGee

1999

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

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Forensic nursing deals with the population of people whose lives have been affected by societal violence. The clinical forensic nurse (CFN) is seen as a means of coping with the resultant increased complexity of nursing practice, society, and the law. Critical care areas are clinical forensic domains where the CFN addresses the needs of living forensic patients through activities involving physical and non-physical evidence collection, crisis intervention, and documentation. Within a health care team, the CFN enhances patient care management, resulting in clinical service, legal order, and forensic protocol.

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The Role of the Clinical Forensic Nurse in Critical Care

Goll-McGee

1999

Critical Care Nursing Quarterly

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The Hospital Pharmacist as an Expert Witness

Dusen

Pray

2000

Hosp Pharm

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An expert witness provides knowledge from his or her field of specialization to participants in a trial, to help them clarify the issues presented to them. The hospital pharmacist is a natural choice as an expert witness in cases of alleged negligence within the hospital pharmacy. The hospital pharmacist who intends to become an expert witness should consider issues such as credentialing, obtaining employment, and developing a fee schedule. From the outset, the expert witness must keep accurate records, and he or she may be called upon to review documents, write opinions, render affidavits, and assist attorneys in questioning opposing experts. The expert witness may also create documents and may testify during a deposition. The culmination of the process is the trial itself, in which the expert must strive to present issues clearly and professionally, during both the direct examination and the cross-examination. The trial may be won, lost, or settled out of court — and this outcome can be influenced by the testimony rendered by the expert witness.

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AAOHN Advisory: Providing Expert Testimony

1998

AAOHN Journal

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Imp or ta nce to occupational health nursin2 The explosion of legal claims against health care professionals over the past few decades has created a relatively new field in nursing-the nurse expert witness. Attorney s, insurance companies, and litigation support firms hire nurse experts to furnish opinions concerning whether nursing care provided in a specific case met the acceptable standard of care (McWilliams, 1990). Occupational health nurses have an obligation to provide expert testimony on issues related to occupational health nursing practice. By providing expert testimony or opinions, occupational health nurses educate legal professionals including law enforcement, judges, insurance companies, their own employers, and the public about occupational health nursing practice. Nurses providing expert testimony engender further respect for the nursing profession, especially in the legal arena (Koniak-Griffin, 1996). The occupational health nurse may be asked to testify for the plaintiff or the defendant. The plaintiff is the individual or party initiating the claim; the defendant is the party that must answer or defend against the claim made by the plaintiff(s). Expert testimony may be requested in several formats : written review and analysis of the case, affidavit, deposition , or examination and cross-examination at the trial. The attorne y tells the expert the type of testimony he or she expects to be required. Never prepare or send an attorney a written document or opinion unless specifically requested.

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AAOHN Advisory: Providing Expert Testimony

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