Nurse Whistle-Blower Charged for Reporting Doc

[Tapout 42]

This is absolutely horrendous. Imagine the implications if these nurses are not vindicated. RN's will be even more afraid to report the lazy, incompetent MD's among us than they already are... and those pt's caught in the middle will suffer or even die. Nice, huh?

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/nurse-whistleblower-fingered-doctor-bad-medicine-face-10/story?id=9781119&page=1

[Guest alsfirefighter]

Perhaps someone can chime in...but I thought there were federal whistleblower laws that were enacted during the Clinton years for such things. I hope she gets her justice. That is flat out BS.

[ny10570 745]

Federal employee's and sub-contractors with some exceptions are covered under federal whistle blower legislation. Clinton made headlines with Whistleblower protection when he tasked AG Reno with handling federal law enforcement whistleblowers. There is also the SOX act was in response to Enron and other investment scandals. However this is very narrow and limited in scope. The average worker is usually protected under a piecemeal of common law and various pieces of legislation. Only a handful of states have real comprehensive protection. NYS is not one of them.

[jack10562 414]

In this case, the good 'ol boy network swung into action, and stuck it to these nurses, BIG TIME.

They eventually will get their day in court, and probably will prevail, but in the meantime their daily lives have been wrecked beyond comprehension.

That they were arrested in the first place is a crime in and of itself.

[JimmyPFD 11]

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[SRS131EMTFF 471]

Acquitted...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/us/12nurses.html?hp