Malpractice and Liability in Nursing - PDF

Malpractice Unintentional Torts Negligence failure to perform professional duties according to standard of care....

Malpractice Unintentional Torts Negligence failure to perform professional duties according to standard of care. is performingan act that a reasonable and Negligence prudent nursewould not perform failure to performan act that a reasonable and prudent nurse would perform. Clients or families Malpractice can file malpractice lawsuits type of negligence professional negligence in any case of injury, loss, ordeath. such as nurses physicians malpractice suit to be following four elements successful Injury or damage: nurse to client The client sufferedsome type of loss, legally recognized relationship damage, or injury. physician to client, Duty The nurse had a duty to the client, meaningthat the ‫ﻣﻠﺤﻮﻇﻪ‬ nurse was acting in the capacity of anurse. Causation The nurse (or physician) failed to conform to standards of care The breach of duty was thedirect cause of the loss, damage, orinjury breaching or failing the existing duty. Breach of duty: In other words, the loss, damage,or injury The nurse did not act as a reasonable, would not have occurred if thenurse had prudent nurse would have acted in similar acted in a reasonable, prudentmanner. circumstances.  assault ‫اﻟﺘﻬﺪﻳﺪ اﻟﻠﻔﻈﻲ‬ false imprisonment. ‫اﻟﺤﺒﺲ اﻟﻜﺎذب‬ Intentional Torts: battery ‫اﻟﻌﻨﻒ اﻟﺠﺴﺪي‬ Assault Examples involves any action that causes include making threats torestrain the fear of the person to being touched client to give him or her injection for failure to cooperate. in a way offensive insulting injurious Battery Examples harmful or unwarranted contact with a client; include touching a client without consent actual harm or injury may or may not have occurred. unjustifiable detentio False imprisonment client such as the inappropriate use of restraint or seclusion safe ethical provide the care legal Nurses can minimize the competent risk forlawsuits through… documentation