What is the duty of care of a nurse to a physician?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Lyon v. Ridge Meadows Hospital, 2007 BCSC 1000 (CanLII):
The general principles laid down in ter Neuzen v. Korn, with regard to the standard of care of physicians, also apply to nurses. The nurses’ duty of care differs from that of the physicians in that they are not required to second guess the physicians, absent a clear and obvious basis for concern on the nurse’s part.
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