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C-dub wrote:I am in the medical field and have worked in a nursing department in a hospital. Both nursing cases you cite are negligent by your own definition. The nurse or nurses aide failed to check on the fall risk patient and they also failed to check the ID of the patient they gave the wrong meds. Also, failing to ensure the gun was empty is the cause of both of those scenarios.

Both nursing failures could be pursued legally and so could the discharge of the weapon. The one in which a hole in your mattress was the result a charge of discharging a weapon within city limits could be filed. I think this is correct. Anyone?

intent. that's the difference.

some of ya'll in the medical field should know the difference between Accident and Negligent.
Negligent is willfully making a conscious decision to not do something.
Accident is making a mistake.

Negligence is not checking on a patient for hours, knowing they're at a fall risk. then finding them on the floor of their room, hours later. (seen it.)
an accident is giving the wrong meds to a patient when the correct patient is in the same room, just different bed (i.e. 1407A & 1407B).

OR

Pointing what you thought was an unloaded gun at someone, pulling the trigger, and shooting them (negligent)

putting a hole in your mattress while taking apart your handgun. (accident)


in my world, negligent is criminal, whereas an accident can be learned from and forgiven.