Nurse to Stand Trial for Reporting Doctor??

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<p>This story just struck me as so bizarre and horrible. A nurse reports a doctor for malpractice and she might go to jail as a result? I can’t believe this Sheriff, the doctor’s buddy. </p>

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<p>[Texas</a> Nurse to Stand Trial for Reporting Doctor - NYTimes.com](<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/us/07nurses.html]Texas”>http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/07/us/07nurses.html)</p>

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<p>WOW! How awful! Tough to imagine anyone will want to be a patient OR work in that community!</p>

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<p>I have confidence this is going to work out correctly. It was on the front page of the New York Times, so lots of people will find this outrageous.</p>

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<p>I hope so, too. I was horrified when I read it–I hope that not only is she acquitted, but that the idiot sheriff and prosecutor are replaced.</p>

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<p>As a RN, this absolutely sickens me.</p>

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<p>How can anyone not find this appalling? Hopefully the NYT exposure will help bring this travesty to an end.</p>

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<p>As a member of the public who could easily be a patient, this absolutely terrifies me. Not just this one case, but the precendent it could set for others. I HOPE the nurses are watching out for us!</p>

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<p>It’s Texas. They are probably going after the death penalty for her.
unbelievable.</p>

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<p>Not unless she’s from Pennsylvania. We step them up a penalty class. </p>

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Funny. The same word came to mind when I read your post. </p>

<p>We’re a big state. We are gonna have a few idiots of every stripe. I’ve heard that y’all have some, too. ;)</p>

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<p>What a disgrace. I hope the Doctor, Sheriff, and prosecutor all lose their jobs. And then get their butts sued (and I am not a big believer in suing in most cases).</p>

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<p>^^^^^^Yeah, and it seems like you find this kind of cronyism and Good Ole Boy networks out in these little towns out in the frontier. This would never fly in Dallas, Houston, Austin, or San Antonio.</p>

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<p>swimcatsmom, the civil suit is already filed. ;)</p>

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This play will have more than one act.</p>

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<p>^^Awesome.</p>

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<p>I hope the nurses are vindicated and sue for defamation of character. I can’t believe they would have taken the action to report the doctor for ANY other reason than patient safety concerns.</p>

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<p>curmudgeon - don’t take me so seriously ;)<br>
It is frightening.
Question for you, curmudgeon - Had you heard of this case before the NYT article?
If not, do you wonder why? Did it make the Houston or Dallas papers/media?
What is the reaction down in Texas - if any?</p>

<p>Frankly, I think our prosecutors and sheriffs are way too busy with gangs, drug deals and drive by shootings to get involved in something like this.</p>

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<p>No. I hadn’t heard of it, but then again, I live in a cave. ;)</p>

<p>Even if I didn’t live in a cave, Kermit is the same distance away from where I practice as Kennebunk, Maine is to Baltimore, Md. I don’t get out that way much.</p>

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<p>I am so glad that the NYT’s picked this up. It can be very difficult to find justice in a small town. </p>

<p>Justamomof4, I live in Texas, several hundred miles from where this happened, and I have not read about it in our local paper, which is quite small. I occasionally read the Austin Statesmen but primarily I read news.bbc.co.uk and nytimes.com</p>

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<p>I get that Texas is a big state but she IS being tried in STATE court. Hence a State Prosecutor would have to bring charges… or does it work differently in Texas?</p>

<p>Somehow, I think if this occured in Potter County PA it would make the Philadelphia Inquirer - at least I would like to think that ;)</p>

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Sounds like you’ve found a little slice of Heaven. ;)</p>

<p>Out here on the ranch (where we have 3 seasons: drought, Hell, and flash-flood) I just worry that the tank dams hold and pray that the mountain lion will come back long enough to scare off the coyotes. ;)</p>

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<p>We have 254 counties. Most have their own District Attorney (but some smaller population counties share) , elected only by voters of counties in that District. I’ll check. ;)</p>

<p>Edit: Winkler County District Attorney only serves Winkler County. Looks like a one-attorney shop. With a support staff of one. <a href=“http://www.co.winkler.tx.us/districtatty.htm[/url]”>http://www.co.winkler.tx.us/districtatty.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;