Milwaukee Nursing Home Wrongful Death Attorneys Share Disturbing Story
Nurses accused of elder abuse in nursing home death
On behalf of Milwaukee personal injury attorney Ric Domnitz of Domnitz & Domnitz, S.C. posted in Nursing Home Abuse on Wednesday, April 18, 2012.
When a family decides that it’s best for someone to live in a nursing home, they have every right to expect top-notch care. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work out that way.
Recently, charges of nursing home abuse were lodged against two nurses. Prosecutors claimed that the nurses were negligent in caring for a 77-year-old woman, who died at the home following a brief stay in March 2008. The two nurses pleaded not guilty to the felony charges in court on April 10.
The nurses, 58 and 38 years old, respectively, both worked at the home at the time of the woman’s death. The older woman, a registered nurse, served as the home’s director of nursing. The younger nurse, a licensed vocational nurse, served as the floor nurse where the patient was staying. She has agreed to refrain from working as a nurse until the prosecution is resolved, as well as pending problems concerning her license.
The younger nurse had moved to another state following the incident, but recently returned and surrendered to authorities to face trial. She is the mother of five children, and the judge agreed to release her without bail, trusting that she will be attending trial proceedings.
The prosecutor also requested that the judge revoke the other woman’s license, but he declined to do so. In addition to the nurses allegedly providing the patient with inadequate care during her 13-day stay, prosecutors asserted that the skilled nursing home neglected to properly supervise its employees.
Source: Sacramento Bee, “Nurses plead not guilty to elder abuse charges in Placerville,” Marjie Lundstrom, April 10, 2012
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