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Nursing malpractice statistics

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  • Medical malpractice statistics for the USA 2003:
    • 16,339 (7.9%) nurses and nursing-related practitioners had a malpractice report made against them in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 18,165 (5.3%) malpractice reports were made against nurses and nursing-related practitioners in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • Nurses and nursing-related practitioners had an average of 1.11 malpractice reports made against each of them in the US 1990-2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for nurse misdiagnosis malpractice in the USA:
    • 166 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 12 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 28 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 114 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 0 diagnosis related malpractice payment reports were made against advanced nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for medical equipment malpractice in nursing in the USA:
    • 41 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 4 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 0 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 1 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 0 equipment or product related malpractice payment reports were made against advanced nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit payment statistics for obstetrics malpractice and nursing malpractice in the USA:
    • 264 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 8 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 264 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 8 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 281 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse midwives in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 15 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 0 obstetrics related malpractice payment reports were made against advanced nurse practitioners in the US 1990-2002 (2002 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit payment report statistics for registered nurse malpractice in the USA:
    • 1,326 malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
    • 1% of malpractice payment reports were made against registered nurses in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit payment report statistics for nurse anesthetic malpractice in the USA:
    • 469 malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
    • Less than 1% of malpractice payment reports were made against nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-96 (The National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for nursing malpractice in the USA:
    • 4 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding advanced practice nurses in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for clinical nurse malpractice in the USA:
    • 4 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding clinical nurse specialists in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for nurse malpractice in the USA:
    • 417 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding licensed or practical vocational nurses in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for nurse anesthetic malpractice in the USA:
    • 1,000 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding nurse anaesthetists in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for nurse practitioner malpractice in the USA:
    • 349 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding nurse practitioner in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for nurse aid malpractice in the USA:
    • 63 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding nurses aides in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice lawsuit statistics for registered nurse malpractice in the USA:
    • 3,009 medical malpractice reports were made to the National Practitioner Databank regarding registered nurses in the US 1990-2004 (NPDB Summary Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
  • Medical malpractice statistics for the USA 2003:
    • 1,949 (14.5%) nurses and nursing-related practitioners had a malpractice report made against them in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)
    • 2,102 (7.9%) malpractice reports were made against nurses and nursing-related practitioners in the US 2003 (2003 Annual Report, National Practitioner Data Bank, US DHHS)

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