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Personal injury law & nursing malpractice

Nurses are an important part of a health care system that needs to be well coordinated in order to provide adequate patient care. When you are hospitalized, you are placed directly under the care of the hospital and its employees - including the nursing staff. Nurses have various responsibilities that include a duty to monitor each patient's condition, record the results of the monitoring in the hospital chart, and call doctors to attend to the patient's needs when appropriate. Most of the time nurses provide excellent care. However, in some cases they may fail to provide treatments that are recognized as standard practice, or they may misinterpret warning signs or fail to recognize medical emergencies and therefore fail to contact the appropriate doctors to respond.  Various states have specific statutes governing medical malpractice claims. Certain notice and time requirements may apply to such claims. If you believe that you have suffered an injury due to the negligence of the nursing staff, consult with an attorney familiar with medical malpractice law.