National Council of State Boards of Nursing reported that disciplinary actions for practice related issues for nurses has increased in the past five years (Ellis, 2010).
The National Practitioner Data Bank reported that there were no claims or payments against advance nurse practitioners from 1990 to 2003.
There were over 16,000 medical malpractice reports against nursing related pracitioners and a majority were listed as registered nurses without specialty designation.
Do you think that advance education of the nurse helps minmize the risk of medical malpractice?
Source:
Ellis, S. (2010). Retrieved from http://www.healthguidance.org/entry/3386/1/The-Nurses-Medical-Malpractice-Primer.html
Nursing Malpractice Statistics. (2004). Retrieved from http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/medical-malpractice/nursing_malpractice_statistics.htm
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