http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/02/killer.nurse/index.htmlAs many as 40 victums and claims to be an angel of mercy. God have mercy on his soul.
clee1 832 Posts Specializes in Hospice, Med/Surg, ICU, ER. Has 9 years experience. Mar 9, 2006 He may have had a license, but he certainly was NO "nurse".
DusktilDawn 1,119 Posts Mar 9, 2006 Charles Cullen used the excuse of euthanasia to justify murder. The people he murdered did not plead or ask to be taken from this world.Here's some more info on this case and a few others:http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/angels/male_nurses/index.htmlThe sad fact is that he was allowed to continue working despite the fact that there were those that worked with him that had reported that he may be responsible for patient deaths:Likewise in 2002, nurses at St. Luke's Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa., had warned the state nursing board, law enforcement, the county coroner, and even Cullen's next employer that he could be a killer. What is reprehensible is that for years Charles Cullen went from job to job and despite suspicions nothing was done and information to potential employers was withheld.However, hospital administrators had declined to pass the word along via a negative reference. One nurse was even fired for her part in whistle-blowing.As his debt mounted, he moved from one hospital to another, and at St. Luke's in Bethlehem, PA, he left to avoid an investigation into the deaths of 69 patients and into a mysterious box of heart medication found in a disposal bin. While the coroner determined at the time that there was no evidence of criminal conduct in any of the cases, many of those deaths will be reviewed again in light of Cullen's confession.
zacarias, ASN, RN 1,338 Posts Specializes in tele, stepdown/PCU, med/surg. Has 14 years experience. Mar 9, 2006 He used Digoxin. We talked about this at work the other night. The bad thing was we were talking mercy killings etc. and how people have used epi, dig, and K+ to do it. Then we stopped because we thought, if a patient was awake and able to hear us, they'd call their family and say "GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!" Funny but not funny...
rnfullofbs 18 Posts Has 30 years experience. Mar 9, 2006 Was this guy an RN or a medical assistant that journalists lumped into the "Nurse" category? That really infuriates me when they do that....report some horrible story about a "nurse" who killed someone when they weren't even a licensed nurse in the first place.
Dorito, ASN, RN 311 Posts Specializes in Med-Surg, , Home health, Education. Has 35 years experience. Mar 9, 2006 Incredible that this went on as long as it did. So frustrating that the nursing staff knew it and no one believed them. He truly is a monster and I hope the families get some closure.
DusktilDawn 1,119 Posts Mar 9, 2006 Was this guy an RN or a medical assistant that journalists lumped into the "Nurse" category? That really infuriates me when they do that....report some horrible story about a "nurse" who killed someone when they weren't even a licensed nurse in the first place.He was a Registered Nurse.
