Nurses are often the first provider seen by patients, particularly in the hospital setting. Unfortunately, nurses make mistakes that cause serious harm or death. These mistakes can include failing to properly monitor a patient post-operatively, failing to give necessary medication, failing to prevent a patient from falling, and failing to properly communicate important clinical findings to doctors and other nurses.
A recent poll found nurses on top of all other professions with regard to their standards of honesty and ethics
Recently, the Department of Health and Human Services issues a report indicating that 29% of patients in rehab hospitals suffered some kind of harm resulting from their care.
After years of attempting to fix Washington State’s racist and unfair wrongful death law, the association of attorneys who represent victims, along with other interested parties, successfully passed changes which recently became law.
