Friday, January 6, 2012

Good, So Now How Do They Get Their Reputation Back?

From the LVRJ: A federal arbitrator has ruled that a Sunrise Children's Hospital nurse fired in connection with a 2010 baby death in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit should be reinstated with back pay, a spokesman for the nurse's union said Thursday.
Nick Di Archangel, communications director for Service Employees International Union Nevada, said the arbitrator ruled that Jessica May Rice should "be made whole as though nothing had happened."
Rice and another fired nurse, Sharon Ochoa-Reyes, had been called persons of interest by the Metropolitan Police Department in an criminal investigation into "intentional patient harm."
No criminal charges have been filed. Police refused to reply Thursday to questions about whether their investigation continues into how catheters came apart in the intensive care unit for children. Catheters are used to draw blood and deliver medications and nutrition.
The July 2, 2010, death of 2-month-old Miowne Obote, whose catheter was severed, was ruled a homicide in August 2010 by the Clark County coroner.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/former-sunrise-nurse-wins-neonatal-unit-case-136797728.html
Once in a blue moon, the union gets it right and today must be a blue moon.
The two nurses involved were the victims of a witch hunt by Sunrise Hospital and Metro Police. The facts that are publicly known show that either these two ladies independently were looking to be "heroes" or angels of death when they discovered the catheters cut or broken and that is really unheard of.
First, the Nevada board that regulates nurses and issues licenses declined to revoke their nursing license and now this ruling should put these ladies in the clear. But I doubt it- seems like Metro and Sunrise will continue to scapegoat these ladies to cover up either a defective product or a bad procedure.
So, now how does Jessica Rice get her reputation back?

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