Legal suits

[HISSYTHECAT]

I was wandering. Someone told me the other day that OB nurses and Peds nurses are the worse to work for cause they are the two floors that has the most law suits. Is that correct? I am supposed to shadow a nurse this Saturday on the OB floor and that is what I want to go into but after hearing this I am concerned. Does anybody know?

[Hardknox]

Mostly they sue because of bad outcomes. Some babies die--sometimes for a reason to do with the delivery and sometimes because who knows why--?God's Plan? Sometimes the baby has a long term medical problem. Or the Mother dies or has another unexpected outcome. Whatever the cause, people get angry after the shock wears off, see all those ads on TV for medical malpractice lawyers and end up suing. Basically people want a perfect outcome. Who doesn't? But sometimes life doesn't work that way. You just have to take a course on legal issues in OB-- there are several excellent ones out there--Barbara Calfey, I think her name was, and Michelle Murray give the best ones-- and try to be safe. And I agree, get your own malpractice insurance. $89.00/yr from NSO.

[hapeewendy]

people sue for all kinds of stupid reasons

namely their own guilt

its far easier to blame the health care professionals who treated your loved one then it is to face the facts of the situation , like you never came to visit your mother , or you and your sisters were too busy to come to a family meeting to decide on the care plan for your father etc etc

its just a statement on society today , we are lawsuit happy, healthcare is no exception sadly.

a lot of times nursing gets the brunt of the legal action and meanderings of lawyers because we are on the frontlines , caring for these patients 24/7,makes us easy targets

whenever I think about lawsuits and the like my mind instantly flashes back to the mcdonalds suit where the person sued mcdonalds becuase the hot coffee they chose to put between their legs while driving burned their thighs when they had to come to a stop at a stoplight......

that my friends is stupidity personified and if that kind of stupidity is rewarded surely people can get a few bucks for the suffering of their loved ones at the hands of the evil nurses and doctors right?