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Old 04-16-2009, 08:35 PM
 
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What a way to get laid off:

Nurse laid off while aiding in surgery - UPI.com
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Old 04-16-2009, 09:43 PM
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I'm sure that nurse was a professional about it, but would you want to be the patient?!
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Old 04-16-2009, 10:36 PM
 
Location: Gary, WV & Springfield, ME
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That doesn't really surprise me. Very little does any more. Nobody seems to have the ability to be discreet nor professional.
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Old 04-17-2009, 02:53 AM
 
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I foresee a lawsuit.
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Old 04-17-2009, 09:09 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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Old 04-17-2009, 10:08 PM
 
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I foresee a lawsuit.
Or two, possibly three.

I live in the city where this happened. I'm betting that the nurse who was laid off will sue, the patient almost certainly, and possibly the doctor.
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:26 PM
 
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If they didn't fire the manager they're idiots.
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Old 04-18-2009, 02:35 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, Texas
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the patient I think has grounds, the doctor has no losses unless complications arose from the nurse not being there. I think all he can do is gripe and complain and make sure the Manager gets his slap but good. The Nurse can't sue for how they fired/laid her off. She was to have been set aside no matter what. The over eager manager will most likely get it on his record and slapped wrist... he was after all just doing his job (overly zealous about it). I think he just wanted her OFF the pay role as fast as he could manage it. Mostly I think it would be all considered frivolous lawsuits, except possible the patient and if it was minor surgery without possible life or death situation or one arising due to loss of one nurse... then he/she doesn't have a leg to stand on either. (Unless it is proven that the manager acted maliciously)
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Old 04-18-2009, 04:25 PM
 
Location: Fort Thomas, Arizona
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Wow... I'd say that I'm shocked, but these things just don't seem to surprise me anymore. It seems like ethics aren't the only thing missing from this situation.
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