Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession (6)8 Aug 98

   Quick Summary: The nurse was fired for failing to ascertain that a feeding tube had been properly inserted, resulting in the patient’s transfer to intensive care. The nurse also failed to check another patient’s IV every two hours, resulting in blood loss requiring a transfusion.  The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, upheld this licensed practical nurse’s firing.  Claim of Wright, 671 N.Y.S. 2d 188 (N.Y. Sup., 1998).