Nurse Error Malpractices

It’s a fact that physicians and medical specialists diagnose illnesses, order tests, and decide upon suitable measures of treatment, but patients can attest to the fact they’d never receive necessary care without the assistance of nurses.

Whether through the monitoring of vital signs, administering of medications, or generally assisting patients with various needs, nurses serve the needs of physicians and patients alike by ensuring that physicians know of complications, and patients are in their way to recovery.

Personal injury nursing medical malpractice attorneys appreciate and identify with the value of services provided by nursing professionals, but are aware as well if harm caused by inattentive care and nursing errors.

There are a number of kinds of nurses, much like there are various specialties among physicians.

Each type serves a particular function; each type of nurse receives training to administer duties in a specific area of expertise.

Others make the assumption that nurses generally are similar, and expect one type of nursing professional to have the understanding and ability to handle the same duties as another type of nurse.

Granted, there are various titles provided to nurses in different fields, but the most typical kinds of nurses are the following:

Certified nurse assistants are required to handle functions under supervision of a nurse practitioner or a certified nurse.

Not only are they not certified nurses, but they shouldn’t be expected to offer any firm of treatment which they’ve not received any provided training.

As the title implies, a certified registered nurse anesthetist is a nursing professional who assists anesthesiologists by preparing patients before any anesthesia administration.

They normally insert IV catheters, as well as monitor vital signs of a patient while under. 


A registered nurse is responsible for implementing plans of treatment under doctor’s orders, who may have ordered tests and prescribed medicines.

A registered nurse may have the responsibility of administering a first exam of a patient, coordinating various tasks, such as dressing or redressing wounds, collecting urine or blood samples, delegating tasks to assistants, communicating health instructions to patients, and administering medications.

In the event of an emergency, registered nurses may be decisive. However, they are not equipped, permitted, or trained to diagnose medical conditions, or prescribe treatment options or medications.

The nurse practitioner is the most versatile kind of nurse in the medical field. He or she is licensed and trained to be able to treat and diagnose many conditions in the health field.

The nurse practitioners enable specialists who have an overload of patients to focus on special duties, and have the ability to to administer general duties of both a physician and nurse. 


Nurse practitioners are not employed merely in emergency care; they May cooperatively work with doctors in many private practices.

Home health aides can be held liable as well in the treatment and care of many medical conditions, although their responsibilities are different from nurses.

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