Unfortunately, over the last few years, the number of nursing malpractice cases has been increasing. This is not good news.<\/p>\n
Evidently, nursing malpractice statistics have started to increase sharply over the last five years or so. The evidence of this is provided by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, whose figures reveal that registered nurses are now, more than ever, being held accountable for malpractice and negligence. The types of errors they are being held accountable for include medication errors, documentation errors and failure to assess or intervene.<\/p>\n
It may be helpful to understand just what negligence actually means on the part of a medical professional from the point of view of an Atlanta personal injury attorney. A medical professional may be a doctor, EMT, RN, LPN, dentist, physiotherapist, radiation technician or anesthetist, etc. Negligence means they fail to perform a medical duty or obligation according to the \u201cnormal\u201d standard (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unfortunately, over the last few years, the number of nursing malpractice cases has been increasing. This is not good news. Evidently, nursing malpractice statistics have started to increase sharply over the last five years or so. The evidence of this…<\/span><\/p>\n