Pennsylvania Nurse Drunk While Assisting Surgery

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A Pennsylvania Nurse in Wilkes-Barre Pa was drunk during an operation admitting to at least 5 beers.

http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/2016/02/25/nurse-accused-assisting-surgery-while-drunk/80925790/




Stumbled into a VA medical center for an emergency procedure.

Here we go, the VA will get blamed for improper staffing or poor on call procedures when all this guy had to do was refuse to come in or participate in medical procedures. Ignorant and/or selfish take your pick. Probably not the first occurrence there or in other hospitals.
 

I used to know a nurse who lost her license for nipping Fentanyl on duty. Bad enough to have a habit never mind during working hours. A bunch of beers is just stupidity.
 
fureverywhere said:
I used to know a nurse who lost her license for nipping Fentanyl on duty. Bad enough to have a habit never mind during working hours. A bunch of beers is just stupidity.
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You would think certain jobs the chances of this happening would be far less but it goes to show drunks can show up any where. It also shows the cavalier attitude most have towards their job, not their "career". This guy probably nothing but a clock puncher there for a paycheck, not to save lives.
 

Are you kidding we have had doctors anesthesiologist using drugs while on duty, something that's rampant, but it happens. Many years ago I knew a practicing psychiatrist who ran a department he was a functioning alcoholic occasionally high during work hours.
 
"Distracted" Providers are probably a major contributor to the 200,000+ deaths each year due to Medical Errors. This is the 3rd leading cause of death, after heart disease and cancer....and several times as many deaths as those caused by firearms (30,000)....kind of makes a person want to avoid doctors and hospitals as much as possible.
 
AprilT said:
Are you kidding we have had doctors anesthesiologist using drugs while on duty, something that's rampant, but it happens. Many years ago I knew a practicing psychiatrist who ran a department he was a functioning alcoholic occasionally high during work hours.
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I've frequently hear or read stories of drug abuse in the medical industry especially because of availability. There is a lot of pressure but there should be a lot of satisfaction in saving a life or helping someone heal as well. Career type jobs are voluntary and one would assume they are highly motivated people a cut above the rest.

I don't buy or like "functioning". To me it usually means they didn't get caught YET. I've had to work with so called functioning alcoholics and they were always taking short cuts and trying to game the system among other things. And eventually they do do something stupid ENOUGH to get caught. "Functioning" alcoholics also tend to be enabled or covered for. It's not just people not turning them in it's people flat out lying for them when they do screw up or doing most of the work when assigned to work with them.

And when they are outed or finally screw up so bad their fall is quick, messy and sometimes irrepairable.
 
WhatInThe said:
I've frequently hear or read stories of drug abuse in the medical industry especially because of availability. There is a lot of pressure but there should be a lot of satisfaction in saving a life or helping someone heal as well. Career type jobs are voluntary and one would assume they are highly motivated people a cut above the rest.

I don't buy or like "functioning". To me it usually means they didn't get caught YET. I've had to work with so called functioning alcoholics and they were always taking short cuts and trying to game the system among other things. And eventually they do do something stupid ENOUGH to get caught. "Functioning" alcoholics also tend to be enabled or covered for. It's not just people not turning them in it's people flat out lying for them when they do screw up or doing most of the work when assigned to work with them.

And when they are outed or finally screw up so bad their fall is quick, messy and sometimes irrepairable.
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I used the term functioning as in they are still working, not necessarily usually doing a great job at their work.
 
AprilT said:
I used the term functioning as in they are still working, not necessarily usually doing a great job at their work.
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Thank You for pointing that out. That word 'functioning' is over and/or miss used far too often. But unfortunately many hear that term 'functioning' and get a false sense of security or use it to minimize the problem.
 
This drunk nurse now facing charges including reckless endangerment, driving under the influence(dui) and public drunkenness. Not quite sure how they'll get the DUI to stick. Never the less he deserves it.

http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire/drunk-nurse-surgery-charges/2016/02/25/id/716096/

It also appears he was supposed to be on call but 'forgot'. Was busy playing the slots at a casino. Witnesses said he even had troubling logging onto the computer system.
 

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