Case Study: Shady Rest Nursing Home

During the past six (6) months Mrs. Lewis who was the head nurse on the medical surgical floor in the local community hospital has been noticing that all patients who have been admitted from the Shady Rest Nursing Home had severe injuries that were not connected with their admitting diagnosis. Which led her to believe the nursing home was abusing the patient and led her to investigate and contacted the Department of Welfare Bureau of Inspection, which immediately found proof of abuse. But when Mrs. Lewis was confronted by her hospital administrator over this investigation, she was “warned” threatened that she would be fired if she reports any other instances of abuse, since Shady Rest provides a lot of business for the hospital, and that “good relations had to be maintained”. Mrs. Lewis further found out that the Administrator was good buddy’s and a golf partner with the owner of Shady Rest, but didn’t care because she contacted an attorney who threatened the hospital with exposure and penalizes if it in …show more content…
If by some change Mrs. Lewis could have not afforded to consult with an attorney she could have reached out to her Human Resources department, the State Medical Board department, the American Nursing Associate and the legal Aid society to get assistance and protection from being reprimanded from the administrator for reporting the abuse. Mrs. Lewis is also protected under the Whistle-Blower Protection Act which protects employees from harassment, suspension or termination under certain circumstances to protect them from having an adverse employment action taken for reporting an patient safety