Nurse arrested for not drawing blood...

[JD8]

ok, if you say so
the hospital policy would not matter, unless you are discussing her job, which would not matter once she and the supervisor had told the cop no.
Do you believe the state licensing board or the hospital would have demanded that get arrested or risk possible physical harm?

Again.... there's a gross amount of ignorance on your part pertaining to the duties of healthcare providers and what's expected of them. Now before you get all huffy, that's just what your posting has reflected and it just seems you just keep doubling down and yes...... I say so.

Either way what SMS is saying is well known among healthcare providers, it's no secret.

Her choices were..

1. Draw the Blood under his orders. She knew this to be illegal, compromised policy between the hospital and the dept, compromised her duties to protect her patient, and she would at the VERY least be subpoenaed if not subjected to worse punishment or repercussions.
2. Let him Draw the blood. See above.
3. Refuse to let him draw the blood and refuse to draw it herself. Knowing full well that this was expected of her by the law, the patient and the hospital.

Now for some reason you say she should've expected to be arrested for having the integrity to do nothing other than protect a badly burned man in an ICU. You said, she "decided to be a defender of rights" in which apparently unbeknownst to you, ALL nurses sign up to protect and care for patients, especially when they can't.

 

[SMS]

ok, if you say so
the hospital policy would not matter, unless you are discussing her job, which would not matter once she and the supervisor had told the cop no.
Do you believe the state licensing board or the hospital would have demanded that get arrested or risk possible physical harm?

If the blood was drawn unlawfully and the patient decided to sue the hospital and the police department and it was concluded that she knowingly violated both state law and hospital policy by allowing access to the patient, she very well could have lost her license to practice nursing, which is far worse than getting shoved out a door and handcuffed for a few minutes.

In summary, she faced more risk if she allowed the unlawful blood draw than she did by telling ego-cop "no".

 

[Pokinfun]

Again.... there's a gross amount of ignorance on your part pertaining to the duties of healthcare providers and what's expected of them. Now before you get all huffy, that's just what your posting has reflected and it just seems you just keep doubling down and yes...... I say so.

Either way what SMS is saying is well known among healthcare providers, it's no secret.

Her choices were..

1. Draw the Blood under his orders. She knew this to be illegal, compromised policy between the hospital and the dept, compromised her duties to protect her patient, and she would at the VERY least be subpoenaed if not subjected to worse punishment or repercussions.
2. Let him Draw the blood. See above.
3. Refuse to let him draw the blood and refuse to draw it herself. Knowing full well that this was expected of her by the law, the patient and the hospital.

Now for some reason you say she should've expected to be arrested for having the integrity to do nothing other than protect a badly burned man in an ICU. You said, she "decided to be a defender of rights" in which apparently unbeknownst to you, ALL nurses sign up to protect and care for patients, especially when they can't.

if you say so

 

[Pokinfun]

If the blood was drawn unlawfully and the patient decided to sue the hospital and the police department and it was concluded that she knowingly violated both state law and hospital policy by allowing access to the patient, she very well could have lost her license to practice nursing, which is far worse than getting shoved out a door and handcuffed for a few minutes.

In summary, she faced more risk if she allowed the unlawful blood draw than she did by telling ego-cop "no".

well then back to my original point was, she should have been surprised when she decided to take a stand.

 

[JD8]

if you say so

Contrarian it is then.

Bless your heart.

 

[SMS]

well then back to my original point was, she should have been surprised when she decided to make a stand.

Holy circular argument batman. She was doing her job to the letter of the law. In what world is that "making a stand"?

She should have had no reasonable expectation of harm befalling her for doing that, by any definition of "harm" or "risk", from any other licensed profession, especially not from one that frequently partners with the medical community.

 

[Pokinfun]

Contrarian it is then.

Bless your heart.

if you say so

 

[Pokinfun]

She should have had no reasonable expectation of harm befalling her for doing that, by any definition of "harm" or "risk", from any other licensed profession, especially not from one that frequently partners with the medical community.

I guess you and the nurse would be wrong in your assumption.

 

[Shadowrider]

Pick one:

1) Un-freaking believable
or
2) Pokinfun should change his screen name to Pokinforfun

 

[Pokinfun]

Pick one:

1) Un-freaking believable
or
2) Pokinfun should change his screen name to Pokinforfun

I think directly attacking someone is a violation of the site rules.