Failure to complete nursing assessments or adequately monitor patients are some of the most frequent malpractice allegations asserted against nurses. They account for a combined 12.7% of all malpractice claims against nurses, according to the Nurse Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 4th Edition. These claims most often involved nurses working in areas of high patient acuity, such as the ED, ICU, and PACU.
This video case study focuses on a registered nurse (RN) working in the post-acute critical care nursing unit who was responsible for the post-operative care of a 67-year-old male patient following a total knee replacement. Although the RN customarily worked as a charge nurse on the medical-surgical nursing care unit, she had been re-assigned for this shift. In addition to her duties as the charge nurse for the unit, the defendant nurse was also assigned to assess the patient and oversee his care along with a licensed practical nurse (LPN). In this video you will learn:
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Nurse practitioners (NPs) face a multitude of malpractice risk exposures in their profession, including diagnosis-related issues.
Failure to diagnose is the most frequent malpractice allegation asserted against nurse practitioners. It accounts for 32.8% of all malpractice claims against nurse practitioners, according to the Nurse Practitioner Claim Report: 4th Edition. Failure to diagnose cancer and failure to diagnose infections account for 50% of failure to diagnose allegations.
This video case study focuses a 49-year old male who was experiencing rectal pain and bleeding.
Medical malpractice claims may be asserted against any healthcare practitioner, including nurses. This case involves a registered nurse working in an acute care setting.