-
-
Retaliatory firing of a risk manager for reporting regulatory infractions is outrageous but not unheard of, says Dan Groszkruger, JD, MPH, CPHRM, DFASHRM, risk manager at Stanford (CA) University Medical Center and a board member of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) in Chicago.
-
Every week, in the United States, between 8% and 13% of emergency department nurses are victims of physical violence, according to a new study released by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) in Des Plaines, IL.
-
A resident at an assisted living facility had significant issues with constipation and bowel issues for which she was prescribed certain medications. The resident claimed that the nursing facility did not administer the medication as required by her physician and that she began showing signs of an obstruction after one week of failing to have a bowel movement. Enemas and other treatments were administered by nurses at the facility, but ultimately she was taken to the emergency room with a ruptured colon.
-
-
-
-
-
An experienced risk manager says she was fired by her hospital for reporting an Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) violation after hospital executives discouraged reporting it for fear of a large penalty. She is now suing the hospital, which denies her allegations.
-
The lawsuit filed recently by Margaret O'Connor, RN, the risk manager at Jordan Hospital in Plymouth, MA, until she was fired recently after reporting an EMTALA violation, outlines what she says was an act of retaliation by hospital leaders.
