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What does it mean to “owe a duty of care”? What are the common clinical practice areas that give rise to allegations of malpractice? What are the most common acts of negligence by nurses?
For what activities can health care organizations be held liable? What can nurse managers do to help avoid corporate liability

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In law, a duty of care means it is the legal responsibility of a person or organization to any behaviors or mistakes that may cause any physical damage to others.

The common clinical practice areas that give rise to allegations of malpractice are as follows

Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis: This mostly occurs due to some diseases that are difficult to diagnose.

Injuries during childbirth: Due to negligence, there might be nerve or brain and other birth defects injuries in a child.

Errors in medication: This occurs due to mistakes in the prescription or administration of drugs.

Errors during surgery: leaving foreign objects inside the body or nerve damage is an example of surgery errors.

Errors during anesthesia: some of the patients may allergic to the specific anesthetic agents, If anaesthesiologist cannot read patient history then there is a chance of this type of errors.

The most common acts of negligence by nurses are as follows

Failure to follow standard protocols: The case where nurses are cannot follow hospital policies.

Failure to handle medical devices: The wrong way of handling medical devices may cause harm to the patient.

Failure in monitoring: a condition in that nurses fail to monitor the patient's condition.

Errors in medication: Administration medication at the different time intervals or by different routes other than prescribed instructions.