The nurse lay in a bathroom stall, a syringe in her hand and track marks on her arm. She died from an overdose of fentanyl, a potent painkiller meant for patients. It was a rare accident two years ago at UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Clements hospital in Dallas. Until it happened again.
A group of Johns Hopkins Hospital nurses on Saturday slammed the renowned Baltimore institution, saying it fosters poor working conditions for those in their ranks and by doing so, compromises patient care. The nurses — who are in the midst of a contentious campaign to unionize — presented a trio of scathing reports during a town hall meeting at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum. Each described a version of Johns Hopkins that falls short of its mission.
An early-November order issued by the South Carolina nursing board shows a nurse who worked at the Charleston Surgery Center in North Charleston was fined $500 after a patient died five days after an outpatient surgery in 2012. Laura Bilancione was caring for a 63-year-old woman who had a knee arthroscopy after the procedure on April 18, 2012.
A group of protesters gathered outside of Mercy Hospital South in St. Louis Monday to protest the hospital’s policy that requires employees to receive a flu shot, claiming at least one nurse at the facility was fired after she refused to be vaccinated, citing religious reasons.
A woman whose case drew national attention last year when immigration officials tore her from her children and her job as a nurse in Oakland and deported her to Mexico has a chance to beat the odds and return to the Bay Area, thanks to a lottery drawing and a recommendation from a U.S. consular officer. The final decision, though, is in the hands of a Trump administration immigration agency.
Registered nurses began a one-day strike with the start of the 7 a.m. shift today at Indiana Regional Medical Center as hospital officials said replacement workers have been called to allow IRMC to maintain normal operations. Nurses set up picket lines at the Hospital Road and South Sixth Street entrances to the hospital to increase public awareness of the union’s position in ongoing contract talks.