Tag: nurse

Hong Kong’s Latest Nurse Attrition Rate Stands at 10.9%

At the Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HA) meeting on June 29, Chairperson Fan Hong-ling gave an update to the media on the latest loss of medical care personnel. He pointed out that as of the end of April, the attrition situation of doctors has improved slightly, with a net increase of 79 full-time doctors in…


Nurse Pleads Guilty to Replacing Fentanyl With Saline

MIAMI—A nurse who previously worked at a Florida outpatient surgical center has been convicted of stealing fentanyl and replacing the powerful pain medication with saline. Catherine Shannon Dunton, 54, pleaded guilty Tuesday to tampering with a consumer product in Fort Pierce federal court, according to court records. She faces up to 10 years in prison…


Nurse Fired Over COVID Concerns Sues Alberta Health Services for $3.7 Million

A nurse is suing Alberta Health Services (AHS) for firing her after she publicly criticised AHS’ handling of patient care during the pandemic and its treatment of unvaccinated patients and staff. Debra Carritt says she first went through official channels with her concerns, from her direct manager up through to the province’s health minister. When…


B.C. Nurse Accused of Trafficking Prescription Drugs to Inmates at Maximum Security Prison

A B.C. nurse is under investigation for allegedly trafficking prescription drugs to inmates in a maximum security prison in the province, court documents show. A petition filed by the B.C. College of Nurse and Midwives (BCCNM) and obtained by CBC News, said the nurse was working at Kent Institution, B.C.’s only maximum security prison, located…


Nurse Sues Veterans Affairs Over Abortion Rule at Texas Facility

A Texas nurse sued the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Wednesday over a new abortion rule, alleging it violates the law and her religious beliefs. First Liberty Institute, a conservative legal firm, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on behalf of nurse Stephanie Carter, who…


Nurse Who Pretended to Give COVID-19 Vaccine to Thousands of Elderly in Germany Avoids Prison

A nurse who injected thousands of elderly people with saline solution instead of a COVID-19 vaccine has avoided time in jail. Red Cross nurse Antje T, 39, was found guilty of six counts of intentional assault by Oldenburg District Court in Lower Saxony state, Germany, on Nov. 30 and had her license revoked. However, she was given…


‘Meant to Be’: Mom in Labor Learns That Her Delivery Nurses Have the Same Name as Her Twins

The birth of twins can be an overwhelming moment, but one Denver mom experienced a special coincidence as she welcomed her baby girls. In early October, expectant mom Lauren Meehan’s twins decided to make a quick arrival in the middle of the night. The delivery took place in the operating room of Rose Medical Center and…


Meet Civil War Nurse Clara Barton, The Woman of Selfless Determination Who Helped Found the American Red Cross

As night fell, the gunfire ceased. Clara Barton had been nursing soldiers since the Battle of Antietam began, and now she ensured that the barn with wounded soldiers was well lit with the lanterns she brought. Barton walked from the barn to the house, where she found a surgeon sitting in one of the small,…


UK Prosecutor: Nurse Poisoned 2 Babies With Insulin

LONDON—A hospital neonatal nurse in Britain accused of killing seven babies and trying to kill 10 others poisoned two infants deliberately with insulin, a British prosecutor said Monday. Lucy Letby, 32, has been charged with murder in the deaths of five baby boys and two girls, and the attempted murder of five boys and five…


Missing Nurse Owami Davies Found ‘Fit and Well Cared For’ in Hampshire

Missing nurse, Owami Davies, has been found alive and well in Hampshire six weeks after she disappeared in south London. Davies, 24, left her family’s home in Grays, Essex, on July 4 and was last seen three days later in Croydon, south London. Five men were arrested on suspicion of kidnap or murder—all of whom…