Doctors Are Responsible for Their Subordinates
In addition to treating patients, doctors are responsible for managing a staff of RNs, LPNs and residents. If the doctor orders a nurse or a resident to perform any procedure, then it is the doctor's responsibility to make sure that he or she knows how to perform the procedure correctly.
Unfortunately, because of staff shortages, many hospitals yield to the temptation to allow staff members to perform procedures which they are neither licensed nor competent to perform. This behavior is often driven by budget concerns, and it is illegal. It puts patients' lives at risk and can result in serious personal injury or wrongful death. Often, it qualifies as medical negligence or medical malpractice.
Attorney Steven M. Watson in Omaha, Nebraska, has nearly 30 years of experience representing personal injury plaintiffs. He has the knowledge, focus and skill necessary to handle complex litigation when medical science and the law intersect. If you or a loved one were harmed by doctor or hospital negligence, call 402-492-9800 or contact our firm online today for a free consultation.
If your injury or illness is particularly complicated, then your primary care physician may need to refer you to a specialist. Your primary doctor is responsible for researching that specialist's credentials to make sure he or she is fully qualified to handle your treatment.
Our law firm handles many varieties of staff management and supervision errors, including the failure to:
- Properly supervise subordinates.
- Keep staff from practicing beyond license and/or competence.
- Adequately represent professional competence when accepting a patient from another physician.
- Verify the qualifications of any specialist to whom they refer a patient.
We will closely examine the circumstances of your case to in an attempt to determine if what went wrong in the course of your medical treatment was due to carelessness. To schedule a free consultation to discuss your case with lawyer Steven M. Watson, call 402-492-9800 or contact our firm online today.
