A registered nurse in New York has been charged with negligence by the New York Education Department. She reportedly gave patients the wrong dosage of drugs on several different occasions. She has since surrendered her nursing license and admitted that she was guilty of medical negligence.
Apparently, in 2011, she was ordered to program an IV pump to give her patient Versed. This is a medication that is provided to patients prior to surgery for anxiety relief and drowsiness. However, she programmed the pump to provide the wrong dosage. The source did not mention if it was too little or too much or what the outcome was.
On a separate occasion, she apparently gave a patient too much of a drug called Amiodarone, which is used to help fix an irregular heart beat. She gave 260 milligrams over 40 minutes when she was supposed to provide the patient with 540 milligrams over the course of 18 hours. Then, in April 2013, she failed to provide a patient with three different types of medication as ordered by her physician.
Medication is designed to help patients, not harm them. Unfortunately, when medication is provided in the wrong dosage, it can result in serious injury for the patient. Luckily, patients who find themselves in this type of situation have legal rights. New York patients may be interested in learning of what legal actions are available to them so that they can attempt to recover any financial losses for the injuries caused. If it can be established by relevant proof that medical malpractice occurred and seriously injured a patient, legal remedies are available for the monetary damages that resulted.
Source: syracuse.com, "Nurse who made medication errors turns in license", James T. Mulder, Oct. 14, 2014
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