Category:
medical malpractice
Violations deal with physician and nursing care
Nurse managers and hospitals still have oversight responsibilities
Immediate jeopardy means a hospital condition has caused or is likely to cause serious injury, harm, impairment, or death to a patient
HCA Houston Healthcare West Hospital hit with Medicare citation for inadequate registered nursing supervision of wound care
Wrong site surgeries, wrong patient care continue to be problems
Some incorrectly believe that pandemic law thwarts accountability in court
There are many potential underlying causes of respiratory distress
OB, nurses waited too long to deliver high-risk mom, baby born with brain injury
Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) can cause pulmonary embolism, death
When the date of negligence is known, that's when statute of limitations starts running