A patient at Brookdale University Hospital in Brooklyn viciously beat a 69-year-old nurse when she came to check on him Friday, leaving the woman with life-threatening injuries, officials said.
The patient, Kwincii Jones, 40, lunged at Evelyn Lynch as she approached his bedside at about 4:30 p.m. , police sources said.
Another nurse later investigated an intercom alert that was coming from Jones' room and found the suspect "stomping on Lynch's head," one police source said.
"He beat the crap out of her," the police source said. "He jumped out of bed and stomped on her. She was bleeding from the head."
Lynch was rushed to Kings County Hospital where she underwent brain surgery Friday night. She was listed in critical condition.
Jones had been admitted to the hospital on Linden Blvd. in East Flatbush on Wednesday after complaining of stomach pains, police sources said.
It was not immediately clear what prompted the attack.
I want to work with nurses; not Dirty Harry/Harriet. People are walking around carrying and look what happens: a father gets shot by a retired policeman for texting during movie previews; teen is killed by another "citizen" for playing music too loudly. More guns are not the answer.
I'd rather have law enforcement stop the incident. I will do my best to make my patient safe and attend to my safety.
I get the feeling sometimes that there are people who are just itching to get in a confrontation just so they get to shoot and play the hero.
So you're not familiar with the real stats behind my opinion are you? Actual numbers, not emotions and knee jerk assumptions based on nothing but fear and misinformation
I am not that much younger than this nurse, and I just don't get the problem here.
being called old when one is, is not maligning.
Maybe years ago it was considered "old," but these days people are active and working into their 70s. The comment was ageist; if she'd been 32, I doubt her age would have been referred to. Calling her an "old woman" connotes someone who was too frail to function. None of us knows what her functional status was prior to being attacked.
I want to work with nurses; not Dirty Harry/Harriet. People are walking around carrying and look what happens: a father gets shot by a retired policeman for texting during movie previews; teen is killed by another "citizen" for playing music too loudly. More guns are not the answer.
I'd rather have law enforcement stop the incident. I will do my best to make my patient safe and attend to my safety.
I get the feeling sometimes that there are people who are just itching to get in a confrontation just so they get to shoot and play the hero.
And the over 2,000,000 times per hear that guns are used to stop crimes by average citizens? (That's a real number per FBI database, look it up for yourself, inconvenient truth for antis). Rapes, attempted murder, assaults, robbery....just write them all off so you feel better about the infinitely rare instance of an accident?
That "old woman" was your nursing colleague. How disrespectful for you to refer to her in such a dismissive manner.
Turning this thread into a referendum on CC or OC in
I cannot like this post enough. Evidently other post might protect her with a gun but doesn't hesitate to malign her on message board
And I agree. Get off your soapbox; this isn't about you and your misguided beliefs.
Now, back to the subject at hand....
I was actually using the words "old woman" because I wanted to stress just how dire the situation was. Anyone over 65 in a physical confrontation is a recipe for disaster, and I was stressing just how awful the situation was. Stop trying to twist what I say for personal attacks that are unsubstantiated.
Specializes in Leadership, Psych, HomeCare, Amb. Care.
So you're not familiar with the real stats behind my opinion are you? Actual numbers, not emotions and knee jerk assumptions based on nothing but fear and misinformation
Specializes in Leadership, Psych, HomeCare, Amb. Care.
Nothing new I could find, other than mention of emergency surgery.
I'm guessing things will be moving slowly as Ms Lynch struggles to survive, and hopefully recover, while the wheels of justice begin their slow movement.
Sadly unless something else happens with the nurse (like her expiration) local news probably won't give much more coverage to this story. Hopefully there will be some sort of update via sources close to the woman (friends and or family) if and or when she is released from the hospital or otherwise information regarding status. As you well know otherwise neither the hospital or staff caring for this poor victim can say anything without running afoul of HIPPA laws.
As the attacker has already been charged and so forth local NYC media probably won't cover/report anything until the trail (if there is to be one), or if the guy cops a plea deal; then either way is sentenced.
New York State Nurses Association has organized a candlelight vigil and prayer service for Wednesday, February 12, in support of nurse Lynch. https://www.facebook.com/nynurses?filter=1
The upshot for us: Be aware of changes in patient demeanor that indicate possible impending violence and if you feel even slightly threatened, back off and get reinforcements. Even if the pt appears calm and you don't feel threatened, stay aware and stay out of arm's (and leg's) reach when possible. Don't let yourself get backed into a corner - always have a way out and be ready at all times to use it.
You just don't know who might "go off," and as a previous poster mentioned, we often become the target of a patient's frustrations about their illness and hospital stay. We are expected to "fix everything" and often can do nothing to fix a patient's messed up life. Somehow this becomes the nurse's fault. Always be aware. Be careful out there! Blessings and good healing to our fellow nurse.
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So you're not familiar with the real stats behind my opinion are you? Actual numbers, not emotions and knee jerk assumptions based on nothing but fear and misinformation
OT.
Start a thread about health care workers being able to carry instead of hijacking this thread.
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So you're not familiar with the real stats behind my opinion are you? Actual numbers, not emotions and knee jerk assumptions based on nothing but fear and misinformation