In reviewing files as a Legal Nurse Consultant one has to be acutely aware of the nurses’ responsibility in different scenarios. Yes, physicians are held liable for writing inappropriate orders, inaccurate orders, and for not writing orders; but nurses, using sometimes simple knowledge and at other times specialized knowledge should know when to not follow […]
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Nobody wants to think that a nurse could be negligent. Generally it is not going to be something that occurred on purpose. The nurse may have been overworked, in a situation for which she was not adequately trained, or she might unfortunately have simply been following orders that she should not have been following. Unfortunately […]