Hospital Quality of Care – Data Available to the Legal Nurse Consultant

Where does the LNC find out information about hospital quality of care? Legal nurse consultants who help attorneys handling medical malpractice and personal injury cases soon develop an understanding of the quality of care rendered by local hospitals – those who appear over and over in the plaintiffs’ medical records. We may provide our clients…

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Nursing malpractice? Death of a 42-year-old

Let’s look at the following situation involving a nursing malpractice case: Facts of a Nursing Malpractice Case A 42-year-old is admitted to an orthopaedic unit after being found in a collapsed abandoned building. He was trapped and pinned under rubble for approximately 27 hours. He sustained a right femur fracture and was also diagnosed with…

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