I am a nurse who works in med surg at a hospital. I would never even consider this. I have seen all kinds of wounds that I personally would go another direction with treatment, but it is not my scope to decide. Perhaps the person needs to be medically stable to have a surgery. Perhaps the person themselves refused treatment for whatever reason.
FIRST OFF If anything I would contact every doctor or person in this man's care team and pester them that he needed this done, document that I contacted them and if they refused or not, etc. At most.
SECOND OF ALL if I read this correctly, it seems more than one nurse either watched this or knew it was happening and no one but like one nurse said anything?! I don't give a fuck how good of friends we are honey, I'm not risking my license and l am not risking legal action to cover up anything for you. I'm not going to willingly allow you to hurt someone. I'm going to physically stop you in the act, and still report your ass.
THIRD I don't care what this lady wanted to do, it DID NOT allow this man to die with dignity because now he is a "weird' news story, was assaulted and disfigured before his death.
I hope they give her the full time in prison. She absolutely used her position to make a judgement call that was inappropriate and took advantage of a vulnerable person unable to give consent or make decisions for themselves.
MetalMarthaStewart t1_j920ynu wrote
Reply to Nurse accused of cutting off dying patient’s foot without permission pleads not guilty by bigmilker
I am a nurse who works in med surg at a hospital. I would never even consider this. I have seen all kinds of wounds that I personally would go another direction with treatment, but it is not my scope to decide. Perhaps the person needs to be medically stable to have a surgery. Perhaps the person themselves refused treatment for whatever reason.
FIRST OFF If anything I would contact every doctor or person in this man's care team and pester them that he needed this done, document that I contacted them and if they refused or not, etc. At most.
SECOND OF ALL if I read this correctly, it seems more than one nurse either watched this or knew it was happening and no one but like one nurse said anything?! I don't give a fuck how good of friends we are honey, I'm not risking my license and l am not risking legal action to cover up anything for you. I'm not going to willingly allow you to hurt someone. I'm going to physically stop you in the act, and still report your ass.
THIRD I don't care what this lady wanted to do, it DID NOT allow this man to die with dignity because now he is a "weird' news story, was assaulted and disfigured before his death.
I hope they give her the full time in prison. She absolutely used her position to make a judgement call that was inappropriate and took advantage of a vulnerable person unable to give consent or make decisions for themselves.