The other day, we spoke about the rights of people in being able to use the bathroom of their choice, and today, we are going to talk about a nurse who thought that photographing a part of a man's body that he uses in a bathroom was something she had to have.
Like the segueway? There was no other way to do this.
Anyway, a nurse in an upstate New York State hospital has had to surrender her credentials after she was found to have taken a photograph with her cell phone of an unconscious patient's private part (you know which one I am talking about).
As part of a plea deal that took nine months to formulate, this nurse pled guilty, and agreed to give up her nursing license and spend three years on probation.
What supposedly happened is that nurse Kristen Johnson took the photo of a patient at Upstate University Hospital, and then spread the fun by sending the photo, and at least one other one, to coworkers at the hospital, who reported her.
Why this took nine months to get her to admit that she did this is anyone's guess.
Would you want a nurse like this to be taking care of a loved one, or yourself?
Why she found it necessary to take the photo(s) is anyone's guess, too. I guess I would have to ask her why she did this, but I don't think I am going to waste my time.
In fact, earlier stories said that this was not the first time that she has been caught doing things she shouldn't be doing as a nurse, but I see that in the most recent stories about this, that part has been dropped.
When I need to go to the hospital, I want a loving and caring nurse, one that I feel is attending to my needs and wants when I am laid up.
I don't want one who feels that my body parts should be part of her photo collection ... and she sends this stuff around yet.
What reason could she have had to do this?
And I assume that the guy had something on when he was incapacitated like this, and for whatever reason, she must have exposed him, so she is darn lucky that she has not been charged with rape.
The woman obviously has a problem, one that I won't be analyzing here too deeply, other than to say that I would rather have Nurse Ratched watching me than this sorry excuse for a health provider.
We all too frequently hear about doctors who take advantage of patients in one way or another, but we do not hear much about nurses doing the same thing.
I am sure that other nurses have done horrid things, but you hear more about the doctors doing heinous things than nurses.
This woman should be barred from ever having anything to do with the health profession, even after her three years of probation are up and I assume that she can get her license back, or at least apply to get her license back.
She is sick, and she needs another member of the health field--a psychologist, perhaps?--to explore what she was thinking while she was doing this.
If you can't be safe in a hospital--when you need your safety more so than elsewhere, because you are there for a medical reason--where can you feel safe?
I think that some of the officials at that hospital should also be called on the carpet, because this happened under their watch, and other things might have happened involving the nurse in the past.
I don't even know how to end this Rant, other than to say that there is always tomorrow, and I will be here on Friday to tantalize you with another incredibly interesting Rant ...
If I don't have to nurse you back to health after reading this one, that is.
(I could not resist.)
Oh my goodness Larry. "When I go to the hospital,I want a loving and caring nurse, one that is attending to my needs and wants while I am laid up." What exactly are you taking to get you to this fantasy? I want some too. What you can expect is courtesy, professionalism and respect. It isn't Mommy taking care of you. Also, you are an adult you can use the word penis.
ReplyDeleteHave you got any more snide comments to post here? Please do, but I try to keep it PG-13 clean here, so there is no need to get to the crux of the matter. And my tongue was firmly in my cheek when I wrote this, which, of course, you cannot possibly understand from your vantage point.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been following this particular case, but as a general rule, 9 months to get to the point of a plea bargain is not unusual. Most likely she was charged with more serious offenses tan what she pled to, most likely she risked much more serious punishment than what she, the prosecutor and the judge agreed to. You may not know why it took 9 months to make the deal, but people in the court system most certainly understand the process and the time it takes to resolve a matter like this. The last time I was called to jury duty, the defendant wouldn't take the plea bargain until he saw the potential jurors standing in the hall.
ReplyDeleteAs for nurses ... What you should expect is caring, concerned and professional. Nurses in today's hospitals are far too busy to hold your hand and tell you they're sorry you feel bad.
Funny, Mr. Bo, no comments on Patty Duke? I am sure you would probably have found fault with that too. And yes, even with your alias, I know exactly who you are through ways that as the owner of this site I can access. So keep up the good work, but your mask isn't hiding you from me.
ReplyDeleteOH dear G-d, Larry, using the correct terms of anatomy is not provocative. You are more salacious when you're drooling over a well endowed woman with your cutesy terms describing her appearance.
ReplyDeleteAnd no, we don't call the hospital administration on the carpet. We investigate to determine if there were prior incidents, if they knew or should have known she would do this, if their policies are lax and allowed this to happen. If there is reason, then we hold the administrators accountable.
ReplyDeleteAs I said in the story, she supposedly had other discretions at the hospital, as I read in an earlier story, but that information was pulled in later writeups of this, so it might not have been true. But if it was, and the administrators knew of these indiscretions, the yes, the administrators should be called on the carpet too. And no, unlike other people, I don't use vulgarities when I write things, even if they are actual words. Everyone knows what I am talking about here, so I don't have to go out of my way to make it clear what body part I am talking about.
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