| Although doctors most frequently come to mind | | | | Nurses have a great amount of responsibility. |
| when it comes to cases of medical malpractice, a | | | | They are the ones who will likely be around when |
| number of medical professionals can be found | | | | a patient takes a turn for the worse. They will |
| guilty of malpractice. Nurses are frequently | | | | also likely be performing certain life saving |
| involved in medical malpractice lawsuits despite the | | | | techniques before the doctor ever arrives. |
| fact that they do not have the authority to | | | | When nurses are treating patients they may: |
| diagnose or to write prescriptions. | | | | Confuse one patient's chart with another's |
| One of the reasons that nurses are so frequently | | | | Give out the wrong medication or wrong |
| the cause of patient injury or death is that they | | | | medication dosage levels |
| spend by far the most amount of time with | | | | Perform procedures without the proper |
| patients. While a doctor may make a couple of | | | | qualifications or in the wrong way |
| rounds from patient to patient in a hospital in a | | | | It is important to realize how much a nurse's |
| day--or in some hospitals just once a day--nurses | | | | behavior can affect a patient. If you are unsure |
| are with the patients all day and all night. | | | | about a certain nurse who appears to be overly |
| Nurses are also in charge of a number of patients | | | | tired or neglectful, report your concerns to |
| and in many cases, they are severely | | | | hospital management. |
| overworked. When a nurse is sleep deprived and | | | | To find out more about nurses and their role in |
| trying to juggle a number of patients, a mistake is | | | | medical malpractice, visit the website of the |
| likely to occur. | | | | Washington medical malpractice lawyers of Fuller |
| Serious Errors Frequently Made By Nurses | | | | & Fuller today. |