What Are The Most Common Medical Mistakes Nurses Make?

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What Are The Most Common Medical Mistakes Nurses
Make?
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When most people think of medication mistakes,
they think of errors that occur that are made by
doctors or surgeons. However, the reality is that
patients are regularly treated by nurses who can
also make detrimental mistakes. At the Weitz
Firm, their Philadelphia medical malpractice
attorneys want to discuss the most common medical
mistakes made by nurses and what you can do if
you or a loved one has been the victim of one of
these errors.
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Nursing Errors Can Lead To Significant Patient
Harm
Most people do not spend much time with their
actual doctors. Whether you go to your local
doctors office or need to spend time in the
emergency room or hospital, your doctor will only
be with you for brief periods of time. The doctor
will make the major diagnostic decisions and
prescribe a treatment plan, but implementing
those plans will be up to the nurses.
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When analyzing various studies about mistakes
made by nurses that can cause patient harm.

• Medication mistakes

• Miscommunication

Some Of The Most Common Errors Include

• Documentation

• Falls

• Infection prevention and control

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Medication mistakes
This can include giving the patient the wrong
medication or the wrong dosage of a medication.
In some instances, this can include not giving a
patient their medications at all.
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Documentation

At the heart of all medical care is good
documentation. If a nurse fails to keep detailed
notes on a patients charts, this can derail
their patient care.
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Infection prevention and control Nurses are on
the frontlines of ensuring that patients are
protected from infections. This includes properly
washing after every patient to ensuring that
patient rooms and common areas are properly
decontaminated. Miscommunication The best way
to prevent errors is for nurses to communicate
properly with patients, other nurses, and doctors
about a patients care. Falls Many patients
have an elevated risk of sustaining a fall and
subsequent injury. It is important that nurses
know the risks that their patients have and
implement proper fall prevention protocols,
including bed railings and alarms.
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Medical Malpractice Attorneys In Philadelphia
If you or somebody you love has sustained an
injury caused by a mistake made by a nurse, seek
legal assistance as soon as possible. At the
Weitz Firm, their qualified and experienced team
will conduct a full investigation into your case
in order to secure any compensation you may be
entitled to.
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This can include

• Coverage of any medical bills related to the
  nursing mistake
• Lost income if you cannot work while recovering
• Pain and suffering or loss of enjoyment of life
  damages
• Possible punitive damages against the health care
  facility
• If you need a Philadelphia medical malpractice
  attorney, you can contact them for a free
  consultation of your case calling at
  267-587-6240.

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