Nurse busted for selling body parts!!!!!

[barefootlady, ADN, RN]

It made me sick reading about this male surgical nurse in New York working for a retired oral surgeon who sold body parts to the highest bidder. Funeral directors were in on this scheme too. Records were forged in many cases when the persons

who died had diseases like Aids. This is just so sick.

Does anyone think this could, would or has happened in our little state?

[nursemike, ASN, RN]

Saw this article, and another about a male nurse assaulting (sexually, at least some of the time) patients in an LTC facility. It's a sick, sad world, sometimes.

What bothers me is that I'd be a little surprised if patient assaults of some form had not occured in WV. As much as I'd like to believe nurses are above that sort of thing--and I'm sure the vast majority are--it's clear that some are not. As for the body-part rustling, I don't know. It sounds kinda far-fetched, but a lot of things do.

Sometimes, I have trouble believing that Hell exists. Then something happens that makes me sort of hope it does.

[barefootlady, ADN, RN]

Hey Mike,

Hope you are having a great day. I too read about the nurse in the LTC facility raping and abusing the elderly patients. You are right, it occurs more than we could ever guess. So sad, we will be in a situation one day where we may need that type of care. I hope I have been good enough to my patients so God will protect me from abusers. Hell does exist and like you, I do think there are some people who should automatically go there.