Negligence is defined as the the commission of an act that a prudent person would not have done or the omission of a duty that a prudent person would have fulfilled‚ resulting in injury or harm to another person. In particular‚ in a malpractice suit‚ a professional person is negligent if harm to a client results from such an act or such failure to act‚ but it must be proved that other prudent members of the same profession would ordinarily have acted differently under the same circumstances. Negligence
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Negligence Paper Ann Fairvalley University of Phoenix HCS/ 478 Negligence Paper Imagine waking up in the recovery room from being sedated for a procedure in which one of your limbs has been amputated. While in recovery you are in and out of consciousness. Finally after being in recovery for 2 hours you are taken to a step down unit to recover and receive teaching and therapy. After getting settled into bed you gets the guts to throw back you sheets and take a look where
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Negligence Paper Wrong site surgery has become a frequent incident in health care facilities across the nation. “Research in the US has suggested that wrong site surgery happens every 5-10 years‚ or one in 112‚994 cases” (Edwards‚ 2008‚ p. 168). Recent studies have shown that despite the focus by governing bodies over wrong site surgery in the past few years‚ wrong site surgery continues to happen at an alarming rate of 40 times per week in the United States alone (“Wrong-site surgery still happens
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personal property. 6. If a person breaches a duty of care and another person suffers an injury‚ the breach must have caused the harm for liability to result. 7. In many states‚ the plaintiff’s negligence is a defense that may be raised in a negligence suit. 8. Negligence per se may occur on the violation of a statute. 9. Kelly is injured when she slips and falls on Lee’s sidewalk. To determine whether Lee owed a duty of care to Kelly‚ Lee is subject to the standard of
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Negligence Paper Nichole Ziegler University of Phoenix Health Law and Ethics HCS/478 Mary Burke August 12‚ 2012 Negligence Paper "Nursing’s role in providing patient care has expanded in response to increasing patient acuity‚ technology‚ evidence-based practice‚ managed care‚ and the advancement of the profession. Because of this professional evolution‚ nurses are in a position of higher accountability" (McConnell & Vaughn‚ 2010‚ p. 1). Negligence can be considered as "carelessness
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to someone else could be considered negligence. In the case with Mr. Benson in the Neighborhood Newspaper article‚ a mistake was made that was irreversible. He went into the hospital to have his leg amputated‚ and the doctor amputated the wrong leg. The question is was the doctor negligent in his practice? Is the amputation of the wrong leg considered to be malpractice on the doctor’s part? This paper will differentiate between negligence‚ gross negligence‚ and malpractice. After differentiating
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Reference: http://www.nursefriendly.com/nursing/clinical.cases/040130.htm Extravasation Follows Chemotherapy Administration. Potential Complication or Nursing Negligence Iacano v. St. Peter’s Medical Center‚ 334 N. j. Super. 547 – NJ (2000) Summary: Intravenous therapy has inherent risks and potential complications. When you introduce chemotherapeutic drugs and known vesicants‚ those risks increase dramatically. In this case‚ a known risk‚ extravasation‚ occurred following administration
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NEGLIGENCE I: The legal issue here is whether Defendant is negligent towards Plaintiff R: To prove negligence‚ P must prove 3 elements: (1) duty of care; (2) breach of duty of care; (3) causation &remoteness. I. DUTY OF CARE I: Prove physical injury/ not (Neither his body nor Properties were damaged) - Therefore‚ the legal issue is whether D owed P a DOC for... II. BREACH OF the DUTY OF CARE: I: The legal issue is whether D failed to meet the standard of care to P R: A D has breached
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. Identify and explain the four elements of proof necessary for a plaintiff to prove a Negligencecase. The four elements of proof necessary for negligence to be proved are Duty to protect‚ Failure to Exercise Reasonable Standard of Care‚ Proximate Cause and Actual Injury. In a health care setting‚ Staff and physicians have a duty to protect patients from foreseeable dangers that could lead to injury. They have a duty to make sure equipment is in good working order‚ so it does not lead to harm
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Rebecca & ‘Zorba’s’ Restaurant case‚ the main issue is whether negligence exists of the defendant? There are three prerequisites must be present before the tort of negligence can arise: a duty of care must be owed by one person to another; there must be a breach of that duty of care; and damage must have been suffered as a result of the breach of duty. (FoBL‚ 2005‚ p70) In addition‚ another element must be satisfied to prove negligence is the causation. This essay will analysis Rebecca v. ‘Zorba’s’
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