Examples Of Nursing Negligence
In the current complex health care environment, a nurse’s accountability is increasing and makes the nurse more susceptible to litigation involving professional negligence than ever before (Oviedo, 2016, p. 4). In these days negligence is increasing day by day. It could be due to many reasons for an example a lot of stress, shortage of staff, work load etc.
(Potter et al., 2014, p. 98) Describes the majority of nursing negligence claims arises from nurses’ failure to perform an assessment or notify the treating physician of critical changes to a patient’s condition. There are so common errors that are made by nurses for an example medication error, falls is one of common mistake which cause harm to the patient, failure to maintain sterility,
(Potter et al., 2014, p. 98) Describes the majority of nursing negligence claims arises from nurses’ failure to perform an assessment or notify the treating physician of critical changes to a patient’s condition. There are so common errors that are made by nurses for an example medication error, falls is one of common mistake which cause harm to the patient, failure to maintain sterility,