Like other medical professionals, nurses can be held accountable for their acts of wrongdoing that results in patient harm. The number of nursing malpractice cases in Illinois and Chicago are growing at an alarming rate and nursing malpractice is becoming a serious problem for today’s medical profession. According to a recent survey by the National Practitioner Database, over 15,000 nurses and nursing-related practitioners have been reported for malpractice.

Nursing negligence is generally described as any negligence by a nursing professional that can result in serious emotional or physical damage to patients. Many of the assertions of nursing malpractice occur because of misdiagnosis, misapplication of doctor instructions, mistake of applying prescription medicine and other hospital mistakes.

Nursing malpractice can also occur during prenatal care, in labor and delivery of newborns, or during pediatric care. This type of nursing negligence would include any errors committed by nurse midwives.

Nursing negligence lawsuits are a form of medical negligence, and like medical malpractice cases can be a long, involved process, necessitating the collection of extensive medical records and an in-depth review by medical experts.

Bob Kreisman of Kreisman Law Offices has over 30 years of experience in handling and nursing negligence cases and medical malpractice in the Chicago, Illinois area. If you or a loved one has been a victim of nursing negligence or malpractice, please feel free to contact our office at (312) 346-0045 or (800) 583-8002 for a free consultation, or fill out a contact form online.