The Importance Of Negligence In Care

Negligence can be defined as the failure to properly care for an individual that is in your care. Doctors are not the only ones that can be held liable for treatments or procedures that the individual has undergone. Negligence occurs when care is not given to an individual that results in the death or injury. Since we have a lot of partnered care in health care everyone in those respected fields can be held liable for any treatment or service that is provided. Several health jobs that the individual may encounter are nurses, medical assistants, certified nurse’s aide, pharmacists, technicians, phlebotomists, and so forth. With each of these jobs negligence, can occur. The people in this are carrying out the doctors’ orders and sometimes if care is not given to the individual errors occur and it can be the difference of life, death, and injury. Family members would then be able to sue the doctor, the facility, or the nurse.
Nurses and the standard of care
Nurses alongside doctors are in contact with patients for longer periods of time. Whether they are inpatient, outpatient, long term care facilities, or in the hospital setting. Nurses can be held for negligence when the standard of care is not followed. When nurses care for the individual to maintain a standard of care nurses must always verify
As nurses these are standards and protocols that are followed to ensure the patients safety and to protect the nurse as well. These standards are established from the American Nurses Association. As nurses, there is a need to document everything that is done so that we can protect ourselves and the patient in making sure that the correct policies and protocols of the facilities are being followed. This would be the difference of life and