Stay away from the six categories of negligence
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, December 15, 2006
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A study published in the American Journal of Nursing analyzed 350 lawsuit case summaries, finding six major categories of negligence. The lawsuits centered on nursing documentation that described negligent behavior in terms of "failure to, lack of, incomplete, ineffective, and improper." The six categories are failure to
- follow standards of care
- use equipment in a responsible manner
- communicate
- document the patient's progress, response to treatment, injury, pertinent nursing assessment and physician orders
- assess and monitor
- act as a patient advocate
Editor's note: The above excerpt is from the online course, "Nursing CE Series: Nursing Documentation - Reduce Your Risk of Liability." For more information on this and other courses in our library, go to http://www.hcprofessor.com/.
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