Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Arbitrator: Safety concerns justified Westerly RNs objections to ICU admission

The UNAP has won a very significant arbitration award which reversed the disciplinary suspension of four ICU nurses at Westerly Hospital. The arbitrator ruled that the nurses had a "reasonable belief that accepting the patient into the ICU could pose an unacceptable risk to their health and safety, and possibly that of the other patients in the ICU."

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