New York Nursing Malpractice/Negligence Attorney

Nursing malpractice is generally defined as negligence on behalf of a nursing professional that causes emotional or physical injury or death to a patient under his/her care. Any medical professional can be held accountable for medical malpractice. According to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the amount of nursing malpractice cases involving medication errors, documentation errors, or failure to intervene or assess, has risen in the last five years. Other cases of nursing malpractice include medical monitoring mistakes, negligence during child delivery, failure to properly diagnose and treat an illness in a timely manner, failure to note a significant change in patient condition or failure to notify the doctor of this change, misuse of a medical device, improper handling of a patient, dropping a patient, or any other negligence that causes injury or illness to a patient by not meeting the nursing standard of care.

If you or your loved ones have been a victim of nursing malpractice or negligence, contact Attorney Walter G. Alton, Jr. to review your legal rights under nursing malpractice and negligence law.