{"id":872,"date":"2016-06-23T07:21:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T12:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=872"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:39:45","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:39:45","slug":"nurse-escapes-liability-due-sovereign-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/nurse-escapes-liability-due-sovereign-immunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurse Escapes Liability Due to Sovereign Immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all depend on medical professionals to take care of us while we are in the hospital. However, what we may not realize is that some hospitals can escape liability just because the hospital is operated by the state.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/virginia\/supreme-court\/2016\/151193.html\" target=\"_blank\">case<\/a>, a man had surgery to reconstruct the back of his mouth at a state university hospital. He was then taken to the intensive care unit in the hospital to recover. The care required in the unit is complex because patients are often in very critical condition. Each nurse cares for two patients at most at a time. The nurses are required to closely monitor patients and carry out the orders given by the surgery team.<\/p>\n<p>After the man\u2019s surgery, his head had to be kept stable to enable blood flow. The doctors responsible for the man\u2019s care did not write any specific orders about how to position his head or neck. On the\u00a0day after the surgery, notes indicated that the man\u2019s head should be kept \u201cin a neutral position,\u201d but nurses are not required to read these notes. Five days after the surgery, the man was found with his neck tilted\u00a0to the right, and the staff present were told to avoid this practice. Later that day, he was again found with his head in the same position. His face and neck were very swollen, and he had to undergo additional surgery due to the swelling, which was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/nurse-escapes-liability-due-sovereign-immunity\/#more-872\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all depend on medical professionals to take care of us while we are in the hospital. However, what we may not realize is that some hospitals can escape liability just because the hospital is operated by the state. 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