Posted On:
June 28, 2009
Mississippi CNA Uses Brute Force to Move Resident: Charged With Abuse
Tashnika Madison, a CNA at Silver Cross Nursing Home in Brookhaven, Mississippi, allegedly used her forearm and pushed against the back of a nursing home resident's neck while she was placing her in a mechanical lift. Fortunately, the resident was uninjured and was only shaken up.
Madison pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor abuse of a vulnerable adult and was ordered to pay a fine of $268.50.
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