Nurse reported a baby-switch mistake. Then she was fired.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

It's been 37 years when I was last on OB-as a patient..... remember son had bracelet with name, don't remember matching number with mom used then..

OB Nurses: Does your facility have a rule requiring nurses to check ID bracelets of Mom and Baby at the start of every shift??   Nurse is suing for "wrongful termination" when just a few minutes into shift encountered distraught mother, discovered baby-switch post return from nursery overnight stay; Reported to Supervisor, time off for incident review--fired 4 days later.   Why not NURSERY nurse getting fallout?

 

Philadelphia Inquirer    9/17/25

A Virtua Voorhees nurse reported a baby-switch mistake. Then she was fired.

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Experts caution that firing hospital staffers who report mistakes will likely not lead to improvements, but instead make staffers more reluctant to report.

 

[chare]

I was unable to access the article you posted as it was behind a paywall.  Is this the same article?

A Virtua Voorhees nurse reported a baby-switch mistake. Then she was fired.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

chare said:

I was unable to access the article you posted as it was behind a paywall.  Is this the same article?

A Virtua Voorhees nurse reported a baby-switch mistake. Then she was fired.

Yes..