Wisconsin DHS cites nursing home where patient's foot was amputated
A nurse used a pair of bandage scissors to sever a patient's necrotic foot. She neither charted the procedure, nor told doctors.
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A nurse used a pair of bandage scissors to sever a patient's necrotic foot. She neither charted the procedure, nor told doctors.
A nurse in Wisconsin has been charged with elder abuse, accused of amputating a hospice patient’s frostbitten foot without his consent and without doctor’s orders.
A nurse in Wisconsin has been accused of amputating a hospice patient's foot without his consent and without doctor's orders.
The nurse told two other nurses at shift change that day that she was "going to cut off the victim's foot for comfort," the criminal complaint said.
The nurse told two other nurses at shift change that day that she was "going to cut off the victim's foot for comfort," the criminal complaint said.