Should the nurse be sued?

[northernladuk]

They can't sue the nurse. They can sue the hospital as the nurse is an employee but not the nurse personally. Doctors yes as they are not employed by the hospital but not nurses.

Typically, nurses, medical technicians, and paramedics are hospital employees. As long as the employee was doing something job related when he or she injured the patient, the patient can sue the hospital. For example, if a paramedic employed by the hospital injects the wrong solution into the patient on the way to the hospital, particularly if the medical situation is not life threatening, then the hospital is liable for the paramedic's mistake.
However, if a doctor makes a mistake and injures a patient while working in the hospital, the hospital will not be liable for the doctor's mistake unless the doctor is an employee (which is unlikely -- see below).

[Project Monkey]

Problem is they don't know.

If they don't if any damage has been done, how can they claim compensation?

[EternalOptimist]

The real crime is that there wasn't a better process in place to protect the nurse from making the fook up.

Barcode the viles and the form. Scan before jabbing. Checks and balances.

Ah yes , the process.
I wonder if the people who actually do the job would agree with your solution. I mean, maybe we could implement the suity solution, without asking the people involved.

hey, if it doesnt work out, we lose a few more kids.

or maybe we could ask the people who do the job

[NickFitz]

They can't sue the nurse. They can sue the hospital as the nurse is an employee but not the nurse personally. Doctors yes as they are not employed by the hospital but not nurses.

It didn't happen at a hospital.

[speling bee]

They can't sue the nurse. They can sue the hospital as the nurse is an employee but not the nurse personally. Doctors yes as they are not employed by the hospital but not nurses.

Doctors are employed by the hospital trust or board (except GPs who are typically partners in their own business), but they do have a dual accountability to their employer and professional body.

[EternalOptimist]

people can be sued. it doesnt matter who bl**dy well employs you.

The question is one of judgement. Is it better all round to learn from mistakes, or is it better to go looking for perceived incompetence and reperations

[suityou01]

Ah yes , the process.
I wonder if the people who actually do the job would agree with your solution. I mean, maybe we could implement the suity solution, without asking the people involved.

hey, if it doesnt work out, we lose a few more kids.

or maybe we could ask the people who do the job

Easy tiger.

[SueEllen]

people can be sued. it doesnt matter who bl**dy well employs you.

The question is one of judgement. Is it better all round to learn from mistakes, or is it better to go looking for perceived incompetence and reperations

Clearly the first is better.

The fact that the GPs' surgery weren't ******* interested means a bit of legal action may get them to buck their ideas up.

If the surgery had done something in the first place such as check that the patient was OK, follow up and write a letter along the lines of "we are investigating what happened", we wouldn't be hearing about this story.

Yes you can argue that the press is trying to destroy the NHS by showing stories like this, but the staff who work for it by trying to avoid accountability and lying are doing an even better job.....

[vetran]

Ah yes , the process.
I wonder if the people who actually do the job would agree with your solution. I mean, maybe we could implement the suity solution, without asking the people involved.

hey, if it doesnt work out, we lose a few more kids.

or maybe we could ask the people who do the job

I rather assumed there was a specific process that you follow when you administer a vaccine, that had been designed by someone with a brilliant mind and then approved by experienced doctors.

Its not like the action doesn't have risks and we haven't been doing for a while. There must be a process that reduces the risk of this because we don't hear of it happening often.

If the nurse failed to follow the process then one assumes she can be sued.

[EternalOptimist]

I rather assumed there was a specific process that you follow when you administer a vaccine, that had been designed by someone with a brilliant mind and then approved by experienced doctors.

Its not like the action doesn't have risks and we haven't been doing for a while. There must be a process that reduces the risk of this because we don't hear of it happening often.

If the nurse failed to follow the process then one assumes she can be sued.

Dont be naive.

Nurses (and others) have to deal with a swirling cloud of 'customers'. The people come and go, the shift patterns change and are amended constantly.
Primary carers are there one day, missing the next, gone the next. replaced the next.
Care plans are set one day, changed the next and reformatted the next. Then reviewed the next.

It is a constant flux.

If I lose a file, its a bummer. If they lose it for a minute, its a casualty. maybe.

Some of these 'customers', have so many needs for pills , its a wonder they dont rattle.

This is one area where it pays to find out whats going on, before opening gob

dont be naive