Strategies for Reducing the Risk of Malpractice Litigation in Perinatal Nursing
Perinatal nurses are involved in malpractice litigation most often as employees of a hospital being sued. Contemporary case examples from malpractice claims provide the foundation for examining how perinatal nurses can become the focus of such litigation. Increasing demand for individual nurse accou...
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Published in | Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 291 - 299 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Elsevier Inc
01.05.1999
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | Perinatal nurses are involved in malpractice litigation most often as employees of a hospital being sued. Contemporary case examples from malpractice claims provide the foundation for examining how perinatal nurses can become the focus of such litigation. Increasing demand for individual nurse accountability, cost containment strategies that require nurses to broaden their scope of practice and to supervise unlicensed assistive personnel, increasing use of medical technologies, and the reality of compromised newborns and unexplained outcomes place perinatal nurses at risk for continued malpractice vulnerability. Specific strategies for risk reduction can be used by the individual nurse and the institution in relation to hospital policies and procedures, application of the nursing process, documentation, birth videos, and delegation of tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel. |
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ISSN: | 0884-2175 1552-6909 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1999.tb01994.x |