A unique legal argument attaching a battery claim to a wrongful death case in civil court will no longer be among the claims jurors will be considering in the high-profile wrongful death case involving the 2021 death of a 19-year-old patient at an Ascension hospital in Appleton. Grace Schara, 19, died Oct. 13, 2021, seven days after she was admitted to Ascension NE Wisconsin-St. Elizabeth Hospital for symptoms of COVID-19. Scott Schara, her father, sued the hospital a year and a half later in a wrongful death case that includes claims of medical negligence, violation of informed consent and, initially, battery. The family argues Grace died from a drug overdose from precedex, lorazepam, morphine as a result of an illegal do not resuscitate order.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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