Christann Gainey

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With all of the talk about Redonda Vaught, I just wanted to link an article about another nurse in a bad situation who doesn't seem to be getting as much attention:

https://nurse.org/articles/lpn-guilty-of-neglect/

Just in case you haven't seen this...

 

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I believe it was on surveillance that she did not check on him and falsified neuro checks. 

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1 minute ago, faithjohn said:

I believe it was on surveillance that she did not check on him and falsified neuro checks. 

That's what I got from the article, also. She was alone with many patients. It is common in some nursing homes, but it's not right.

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Specializes in Research & Critical Care.

This case is so radically different from RaDonda. Expecting a single person to be responsible for 38 additional patients while also expecting neuro checks every 15 minutes for an hour and then hourly after that for a single patient doesn't make sense to anyone over the age of 5. Also that this was his FIFTH fall in just a few days says something.

To play devil's advocate, not checking on a patient who fell and hit their head for EIGHT hours when you should be doing hourly neuro checks doesn't sit well with me, either.

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