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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Top Reasons Nurses Get Sued

No Longer Only a Doctor’s Worry, These Three Mishaps Lead OR Nurses to Lawsuits

By Timothy Gower

New Orleans—Not long ago, medical malpractice lawsuits were almost always filed against hospitals and doctors, but that’s changing.

“We’re seeing more nurses and other health care providers being named in lawsuits,” said Rosalie Brown, RN, MHA, a risk control director for CNA, a Chicago-based commercial insurance company. CNA’s subsidiary, American Casualty Co., underwrites professional liability insurance offered by the Nurses Service