Koniak-Griffin D
UCLA School of Nursing in Los Angeles, USA.
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 1999 May-Jun;28(3):291-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1999.tb01994.x.
Perinatal nurses are involved in malpractice litigation most often as employees of a hospital being sued. Contemporary case examples from malpractice claims provide the foundation for examining how perinatal nurses can become the focus of such litigation. Increasing demand for individual nurse accountability, cost containment strategies that require nurses to broaden their scope of practice and to supervise unlicensed assistive personnel, increasing use of medical technologies, and the reality of compromised newborns and unexplained outcomes place perinatal nurses at risk for continued malpractice vulnerability. Specific strategies for risk reduction can be used by the individual nurse and the institution in relation to hospital policies and procedures, application of the nursing process, documentation, birth videos, and delegation of tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel.
围产期护士最常作为被起诉医院的员工卷入医疗事故诉讼。医疗事故索赔的当代案例为研究围产期护士如何成为此类诉讼的焦点提供了基础。对护士个人问责的需求不断增加、要求护士扩大执业范围并监督无执照辅助人员的成本控制策略、医疗技术的使用增加，以及新生儿健康受损和不明原因结果的现实，使围产期护士面临持续的医疗事故风险。个人护士和机构可以针对医院政策和程序、护理程序的应用、文件记录、分娩视频以及将任务委托给无执照辅助人员等方面，采用具体的风险降低策略。
