Minnesota Nurse Stops CPR, Nursing Home Resident Dies
According to a Minnesota State Health Department report, a registered nurse at Woodbury Health Care Center, a nursing home located in Woodbury, Minnesota improperly ordered a halt to CPR on a resident, which resulted in the resident's death.
Reportedly, a facility staff member began CPR on the resident, who was in her 80s and suffered from breathing problems and breast cancer. The nurse, who was not identified, said, "She is dead." The individual administering CPR kept up resuscitation efforts until the nurse "raised her voice and repeated her command". The resident was dead before emergency responders could take over.
The nurse, who has a history of disciplinary actions, was fired. According to her personnel file, she had been cited for needing to improve her job knowledge, professionalism, and relationships with subordinates, residents, and families. In 2007, a doctor filed a formal complaint against her for improper conduct and in 2009, she failed to follow wound-management protocol and was disciplined.
