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Nurse keeps license after abortion mix-up
Ann Downer, 44, administered Misoprostol to a patient who went to the Calthorpe Clinic in Birmingham, England, in October 2006, to have a consultation. The incident resulted from confusion regarding patient names, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday.
The patient hadn't said she wanted an abortion but Downer administered the pregnancy termination drug to her, the newspaper said.
"The registrant failed to carry out proper identity checks, and as such did not realize the treatment was being given to the wrong patient," said Nailah Mears of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The newspaper said when clinic workers realized the mix-up took place the woman was asked to return to the clinic. She was said to be "in pain."
Doctors then suggested she terminate her pregnancy surgically.
A caution will be placed on Downer's record for three years, but she will be allowed to continue nursing, the Telegraph said.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 07/19/2008
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07-24-2008 19:27
mcjunkin wrote:
abortion nurse
she be sued and fired for what she did. not allowed to keep working especialy around any pregnant patients.
07-24-2008 13:42
Michelle Walters wrote:
abortion mix-up
For anyone that works in a medical facility, especially nurses are trained to look for certain identification markers, the first one would've been asking the patient what her name was before administering any medication. Not only was it a horrible mistake but that nurse is allowed to practice with just a slap on the wrist. Hello people situations like this are why the American Medical Association came up with laws governing such actions along with penalties and fines. This is what those papers at the doctors offices and hospitals are about. HIPPA Health Information Privacy and PROTECTION act. It came about for similar situations where the patients last name could be the same or similar, their visit number on their charts and id bracelets are not the same.
These laws came about to protect the public from overworked nurses who sometimes forget to check all of the known id markers.
These laws came about to protect the public from overworked nurses who sometimes forget to check all of the known id markers.
07-24-2008 10:54
Bonnie Frary wrote:
nurse keeps license
who in there right mind would go to an abortion place if you are not going to have the procedure and why would any pregnant woman take any meds from a clinic or place without there own doctor there was this woman in her right mind or what
07-24-2008 07:10
DAVID ROBINSON wrote:
NURSE KEEPS LICENSE
THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM OF DOING NOTHING ABOUT NOTHING.
07-24-2008 06:12
Arca Max Publishing wrote:
"Nurse Keeps License after abortion "MIX-UP"
What a completely irresponsible act...this "Nurse" should not only lose her license,but her Freedom as well...she should be Criminally Prosecuted and found Guilty of Manslaughter!
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