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A 12 page research paper explores topics related to risk management in regards to labor and delivery. The writer discusses risks and risk management in regards to fetal monitoring, induced labor and the use of prostaglandin suppositories. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of risk management in regards to an obstetrics case study, with particular regard to the responsibilities and risk liability of labor and delivery nurses. The Need for Risk Management
Farmers Insurance Groups liability division conducted an extensive claims study that examined 503 labor and delivery-related claims made between January 1, 1991
and December 31, 1995 that while labor and delivery claims represented only roughly six percent of hospital and physician claims made during this period, it account for more than 11
percent of total dollars spent (Rommal, 1996). The legal theories of corporate liability and respondeat superior (i.e., "let the master answer") make hospitals easy targets for obstetric malpractice suits (Rommal,
1996). Under the theory of corporate liability, the hospital can be held liable for any breach of its duty. Furthermore, the hospital can also be held responsible under the theory
of respondeat superior for the negligence of any hospital employee (Rommal, 1996). When a health care provider is sued for any form of perceived malpractice, it is generally under
the theory of negligence (Martin, 2000). Negligence is a form of tort that considered to arise from an injury created by conduct that deviates from a "standard of care" (Martin,
2000). In other words, medical malpractice is a form of negligence that "denotes an injury to a patient caused by a health care providers conduct that deviates from professional standards
of practice expected within the profession" (Martin, 2000, p. 16). Case Study A patient receives induced labor and, as a result, has to have an emergency cesarean. The neonate
is left mentally challenged. This is all of the information given about the case study by the student researching this topic. This student should consult his or her source for
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