OBbethie

I had a coworker (also very good friend), Stacey, who works in L&D to do something that cost her job. Tell me if you agree she should have lost her job or not. One night while not having any patients in labor or triage (WOW!! Imagine that!), she became very bored so she went down to her 2nd home (ER where she left for L&D) to visit. One of the ER buddies is pregnant...around 8 weeks. Stacey decides to take her to OB and do an U/S to see the baby's heartbeat. Well someone found out..i would assume that the u/s was printed onto paper for evidence and prob passed around to those in the ER. A couple days later, Stacey received a phone call from the nurse manager to see her and the HR director. Stated the company that owns our hospital recommended either suspension or termination, and GUESS WHAT...she got fired! I know that doing U/S is out of the scope of practice, but should she have really been fired for this?! This has really upset our floor tremendously...especially since we only have 3 RN's working nightshift now and extremely short staffed!!!!!!