American Healthcare In Crisis

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Another case of a nurse being thrown under the bus. It looks like they are trying their damnedest to make nurses leave the field. 

There is so much that was wrong in this case, but how the nurse is being the only one holding the bag, is a pure mystery to me.

Michelle Heughins was working in a North Carolina Corrections Facility when she was called to assist with an inmate, John Neville, who had fallen from his bunk and was experiencing a head injury. The patient was horrifically mistreated by jail guards resulting in his passing. In an effort to seek some sort of justice, the family has pressed charges on all involved. However, this week a grand jury indicted the nurse, but not the jail guards for the mistreatment, despite the nurses role as the only person trying to help him. Today we discuss the case, and the many errors in the prison system through healthcare eyes.

Maybe the Alex Wubbels case in Utah, has scared nurses from bucking the police, or guards. I know there is a system in prison, and I am sure the nurses are not given any special regard. I work very close with the police in my county and I will admit I have run into a conflict or too, but I have a pretty good reputation for working well with the police. I explaining the who, what, when, where, and why of a situation, so must just go along with with I suggest.