Hospital & Nursing Errors

Many hospitals are short-staffed, and nurses face many distractions as they care for too many patients. These circumstances can cause mistakes and threaten your health and well-being. Some examples are:

• Failure to monitor the patient

• Shift change errors

• Failure to communicate with patients and physicians

• Failure to respond to call lights

• Failure to assist the patient to the restroom

• Failure to carry out the doctor's orders

• Medication errors

• Dropping patients

• Failure to notice a change in the patient's vital signs

• Failure to read charts properly

Knowing what does and does not constitute a nursing error is very important when reviewing any possible case.