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The nurse's role in the causation of compensable injury.

Painter LM, Dudjak LA, Kidwell KM, Simmons RL, Kidwell RP. The nurse's role in the causation of compensable injury. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26(4):311-319. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31820f9576

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October 12, 2011
Painter LM, Dudjak LA, Kidwell KM, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26(4):311-319.

This analysis of the nurse's role in closed malpractice claims found that inaction, such as failure to rescue, accounted for a large proportion of nurses' culpability.

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Painter LM, Dudjak LA, Kidwell KM, Simmons RL, Kidwell RP. The nurse's role in the causation of compensable injury. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26(4):311-319. doi:10.1097/NCQ.0b013e31820f9576

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