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Posted almost 4 years ago One of the key issues to all doctors and many nurses in the current push for healthcare reform is the "need" for limits on medical malpractice insurance. In my mind it is ridiculous for nurses to be calling for tort reform for doctors while screaming against healthcare reform. Trying to be objective here I have included the below links. abcnews.go.com/Health/HealthCare/story For the benefit of those who do not read anything longer than what would equal a sound bite and, thus, would miss the mention of this group I have included the next link. www.insurance-reform.org/ I'm sure we will have some interested posters here. |
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| Posted almost 4 years ago I guess I post stuff when a lot of our most vocal posters are at work or asleep. So to keep this near the front, let me ask how many nurses here have ever been named as the principal in a medical malpractice suit? |
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| Posted almost 4 years ago A key to cutting health care costs drastically and avoid Obamacare according to some posters on NL. And no takers? Even has links as requested by another poster instead of me telling you stuff. C'mon folks! |
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| Posted almost 4 years ago I am thinking malpractice claims against RNs are much rarer than the junk mail you get for worthless malpractice insurance would have you believe...
However.... notice that CRNAs are specifically excluded from those policies. Our malpractice insurance is about 9000 to 12000 per year.... Malpractice is a real possibility in this nursing speciality. |
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| Posted almost 4 years ago As a circulator I can see them hitting you up for more. It is unfair to slam those who have not shown that they are unsafe. And I do not know of a single RN who has been involved in a malpractice suit. |
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| Posted almost 4 years ago Who is slamming whom? |
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| Posted almost 4 years ago Whoever charges CRNA practitioners that amount to cover a year! That is plain crazy. They must be insuring some real turkeys. There are already caps on damages in all but 15 states in the US. |
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| Posted almost 4 years ago I know of a few RNs and a DON that are looking at jail time for a malpractice claim. And yes I have the Insurance. Better to have it and never need it than not to have it and find your self in need. Nursing it's how I live my life..... |
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| Posted almost 4 years ago MarshaRN says ...
I do not think you do jail time for malpractice. Malpractice is a civil courts manner. If you are looking at doing jail time, it's a criminal matter. |
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| Posted almost 4 years ago SEVOFLURANE says ...
Actually, nurses are being named in suits more and more often, in part because physicians are getting better at defending themselves. I do some legal nurse consulting. When I evaluate a chart I look for multiple things: neglect or malpractice on the part of the physician, and neglect or malpractice on the part of the nurse. I have seen some egregious cases of nursing negligence and malpractice, and some cases of nurses just being plain stupid and hanging themselves out to dry because they didn't do a good job of documentation. The best defense for a nurse against a lawsuit is good documentation. |
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| Posted almost 4 years ago MarshaRN says ...
Jailtime for malpractice? Malpractice is a civil claim, not criminal. Proving criminal intent in a malpractice case is very difficult and rarely tried. I'd like to know more about this case. Can you give details? If it is a criminal case, the information is public knowledge. |
