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Medical Malpractice and Nurse Practitioners:
A Video Case Study
Failure to Diagnose

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.

Failure to properly monitor a patient on a medication that can cause organ failure

Defendant is a Nurse Practitioner working at a college infirmary.

Improper administration and monitoring of Mitomycin

The defendant in this case is a nurse.

Failed to perform a nursing assessment on a patient at high risk for a cardiovascular accident

This case study involves a nurse working as an occupational health nurse.

Failure to counsel patient on risks of noncompliance

This case involves a family nurse practitioner (NP), her business (a women’s health clinic), and employees that specialized in gynecology and hormone therapy.

Failure to follow-up on lab results

This case study involves a nurse practitioner in private practice setting.

Wrongful delegation of patient care to unlicensed assistive personnel

Our insured was a registered nurse (RN) employed by a home healthcare agency. She was with a patient when she received a telephone call from a certified nursing assistant (CNA) who was employed at the same agency.

Alleged Failure to Monitor and Report Changes

This case study involves a registered nurse with 19 years’ experience as an emergency nurse (15 as a certified emergency nurse) was working in the triage area of the emergency department.