Is misfeasance a medical term

Answer 1

The word misfeasance is a legal term. But you might hear it relating to medicine or nursing. It means a transgression, especially with abuse of a person's authority. Most of the transgressions in nursing fall under physical torts-- for example, if a nurse has no order for 4-point hard restraints but applies them because the nurse is frustrated with the patient. Misfeasance example might be if a nurse refuses to report a patient's complaint of a medication side effect and tells the patient "You must take the drug because the doctor ordered it."

Note: Malfeasance is a related word in law, but it pertains to a public official committing a wrongdoing. For example, a mayor bars a council member from speaking out about how the mayor is mismanaging public money might be malfeasance.