'Disrupted Catheters' at Sunrise Hospital

This is a very disturbing situation out of Sunrise Hospital. According to an article in the Review-Journal, Sunrise Hospital officials announced on Friday that they had asked police to investigate 14 incidents of “disrupted catheters” in the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit going back to February. Today the Nevada State Nursing Board announced two nurses have had their licenses suspended because of this.

The nursing board also says at least one newborn is in critical condition and another was forced into an unplanned operation of the 14 incidents. The article says that the board “declined to comment on whether the nurses were acting together or whether they meant harm to the children when catheter tubing often used to draw blood, deliver medication or nutrition to newborns was "disrupted."”

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Jul. 13, 2010
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Sunrise nurses under scrutiny

Board suspends licenses for two in catheter incidents

Two Sunrise Hospital nurses involved in incidents of "disrupted catheters" that have left at least one newborn in critical condition and forced another into an unplanned operation have had their nursing licenses suspended, the executive director of the Nevada State Nursing Board said Monday.

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http://www.lvrj.com/news/sunrise-nurses-under-scrutiny-98302214.html