Nurses have limited responsibility to override physician. Daniels v. Durham County Hospital Corp., 615 S.E. 2d 60 (Ct. App. N.C. 2005). 2005

John C West
AIG Consultants, Inc., Healthcare Management Division, USA.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D007751 Labor, Induced Artificially induced UTERINE CONTRACTION. Induced Labor,Induction of Labor,Labor Induced,Labor Induction,Induced, Labor,Induction, Labor,Inductions, Labor,Labor Inductions
D008318 Malpractice Failure of a professional person, a physician or lawyer, to render proper services through reprehensible ignorance or negligence or through criminal intent, especially when injury or loss follows. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed) Professional Negligence,Negligence,Negligence, Professional,Professional Negligences
D009657 North Carolina State bounded on the north by Virginia, on the east and Southeast by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Georgia and South Carolina, and on the west by Tennessee.
D009772 Obstetrical Forceps Surgical instrument designed to extract the newborn by the head from the maternal passages without injury to it or the mother. Obstetric Forceps,Forcep, Obstetric,Forcep, Obstetrical,Forceps, Obstetric,Forceps, Obstetrical,Obstetric Forcep,Obstetrical Forcep
D009773 Obstetric Nursing A nursing specialty involving nursing care given to the pregnant patient before, after, or during childbirth. Nursing, Obstetric,Obstetrical Nursing,Nursing, Obstetrical,Nursings, Obstetric,Nursings, Obstetrical,Obstetric Nursings,Obstetrical Nursings
D009774 Obstetrics A medical-surgical specialty concerned with management and care of women during pregnancy, parturition, and the puerperium.
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D001720 Birth Injuries Mechanical or anoxic trauma incurred by the infant during labor or delivery. Injuries, Birth,Birth Injury,Injury, Birth
D005260 Female Females

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