Medical malpractice is an unfortunate reality in today's medical world. Although we see a multitude of medical professionals when we enter treatment it is difficult to decide who might actually be responsible for a nurse's mistake. Medical malpractice where a nurse is concerned is the actions or lack of actions of a nurse outside the standard practices which result in injury or death of a patient.
When a nurse makes a mistake which equates to medical malpractice: is your doctor responsible? Or is the hospital responsible?
The answer can actually be either. The responsible party depends on the mistake and the circumstances that surround the mistake. A nurse is often employed by a hospital or a private physician's office. If the nurse commits medical malpractice fulfilling a job duty of a hospital she is an employee of and an independent doctor is not supervising or in control of the nurse the hospital will be responsible for the medical malpractice.
Conversely, if a nurse is in direct supervision of a doctor or a doctor can actually prevent the injury or death from occurring then the doctor may be held liable for the nurse's mistake. There is usually a question between the doctor and hospital's insurance companies of whether or not a nurse was actually being controlled by the doctor and this will depend on the actual circumstances. Of course if a nurse is working in a private physician's office she will most likely be considered to be under the control and supervision of that doctor
When a nurse makes a mistake which equates to medical malpractice: is your doctor responsible? Or is the hospital responsible?
The answer can actually be either. The responsible party depends on the mistake and the circumstances that surround the mistake. A nurse is often employed by a hospital or a private physician's office. If the nurse commits medical malpractice fulfilling a job duty of a hospital she is an employee of and an independent doctor is not supervising or in control of the nurse the hospital will be responsible for the medical malpractice.
Conversely, if a nurse is in direct supervision of a doctor or a doctor can actually prevent the injury or death from occurring then the doctor may be held liable for the nurse's mistake. There is usually a question between the doctor and hospital's insurance companies of whether or not a nurse was actually being controlled by the doctor and this will depend on the actual circumstances. Of course if a nurse is working in a private physician's office she will most likely be considered to be under the control and supervision of that doctor
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