Give me an example of medical malpractice cases in the nursing profession?

by **baigh75** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:38 am

Legal cases involving nurses... Malpractice... Negligence... Anything...

by **oded** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:48 am

Legal cases involving nurses... Malpractice... Negligence... Anything...

Causing damage to nerves by venipunture, not assessing and reporting a patient's worsening condition to a doctor, allowing an iv fluid to flow without a pump at a bolus rate to someone in CHF, giving the wrong blood type to the wrong patient, tearing the urethra with a foley cath insertion, injecting a bolus tube feeding through a central line. These are a mere few of the ones I have seen or heard of over the years.

by **lundie** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:51 am

One huge issue is IV sites, especially involving chemotherapy. There was a case where the IV nurse had not documented on the IV sheets on the condition of a site and the chemo leaked and the patient lost their arm because of it.
That particular facility required new IV starts for Chemo every 48 hrs and the site had not been changed in 5 days!

by **ailwyn** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:52 am

Administering the wrong Drug.
Or do you want real cases tried in court as a reference?

by **plys** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:03 am

good one and very concerning

by **gideon** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:14 am

You had sex with a patient and he died !

by **max** » Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:16 am

Go to Google.com and enter your search.

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