The North Carolina Board of Nursing has issued a new statements designed to clarify the scope of practice for nurses. These position paper provide guidelines about what the standards for competent care are for LPNs and RNs. Topics include what to do when assessing a patient, planning for a client’s needs, implementing the plan, evaluating …
Today, June 15, is the 5th annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Sponsored by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA), the first Awareness Day in 2006 involved several hundred organizations and governmental bodies throughout the world, on all seven continents. Their core message is this: Never ignore elder abuse. Throughout the world, …
A woman is dead after a North Carolina boating accident, which could lead to a North Carolina wrongful death claim. According to GazetteVirginian.com, the North Carolina boating accident occurred on Mayo Lake in Person County. A 39-year-old woman was thrown from her pontoon boat when it was struck from behind by a ski boat. The …
Today, General Motors Company announced the recall of 1.5 million vehicles because the heated windshield washer fluid systems posed a fire hazard. There was a similar recall in 2008, but a second hazard was discovered in June 2009. That raises the question of why it took a year for the recall to be initiated. Letters …
WRAL.com reports that registered nurse Angela Almore was indicted on a charge of second-degree murder for the death of an Alzheimer’s patient at Britthaven of Chapel Hill nursing home. Almore is also charged with six counts of felony patient abuse, and is being held in the Orange County jail under a $500,000 bond. In February, …
A woman is dead after a Raleigh hit-and-run boating accident, according to Charlotte News 14. Witnesses said it looked like a boat ran into a pontoon boat, and the boat driver took off. Three others were in the pontoon boat at the time and one suffered minor injuries. Read more. Do you think officials do …
A Rocky Mount woman driving a Dodge Charger along I-40 in North Carolina was involved in several accidents. According to Star News Online, the driver of the Charger was charged with driving while impaired, hit and run, two counts of reckless driving and two counts of driving without a license. One of the accidents closed …
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Dr. Kathryn L. Locatell is a geriatrician who has extensive experience with nursing homes, personally and professionally. Her first job as a teenager was in the kitchen of a nursing home, and her father died as the result of neglect in a nursing home. Dr. Locatell was asked to testify before Congress about the state …
A passing car ripped off the door of a Raleigh police officer’s patrol car but did not injure the officer, according to WRAL.com. The Raleigh police officer had pulled a vehicle over on Interstate 440 near the Glenwood Avenue exit in Raleigh and was exiting his patrol car when another vehicle drove by and clipped …
One of the many lessons of the still-developing story of Britthaven of Chapel Hill is that sick, elderly nursing home residents may be easy targets if the nursing staff wants to slip an extra pill or two into their patients’ medication allotment to ensure that the residents remain unresponsive and sleepy–a form of chemical restraint. There …