[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by naneiben

IMO, he has gotten off VERY, VERY lightly. There has so far been no explanation for the 3-year delay in adjucating this.

It does seem that another poster was right-- professionals tend to protect other professionals to a certain extent. There is usually a pretty clear line where such behavior will not be tolerated.

The doctor also may have moved around a lot. http://health.wusf.usf.edu/post/doct...ipline-sexting

[Nightengale212]

Originally Posted by theorem painter

I have never had much confidence in boards that police their own members. Doctors seem to protect fellow doctors, like lawyers protect fellow lawyers leaving victims with little recourse.

This may be true for some professions, but I can tell you from 36 years working as an R.N. this is not the case with the nursing profession. I have witnessed many a colleague have their licenses suspended, a few permanently revoked, and one nurse I worked with served time after being convicted of stealing liquid morphine from a hospice patient. BTW, it was another nurse who witnessed the theft of the morphine, reported it, and her testimony at the trial led to the conviction.

[kittygilchrist]

Due to posting restrictions, the original post did not contain good source information for this news. Post has been edited to supply a link.

I am outraged. Something similar to this once happened to me, but I was unable to prove it, and the doctor was later censured for similar behavior with another victim.

[EnglishJW]

Originally Posted by Nightengale212

This may be true for some professions, but I can tell you from 36 years working as an R.N. this is not the case with the nursing profession. I have witnessed many a colleague have their licenses suspended, a few permanently revoked, and one nurse I worked with served time after being convicted of stealing liquid morphine from a hospice patient. BTW, it was another nurse who witnessed the theft of the morphine, reported it, and her testimony at the trial led to the conviction.

Your story about the nurse with the courage to do the right thing was wonderful but not always typical. You may recall the story of Charles Cullen who was "the most prolific killer in New Jersey (and possibly American) history." During his horrific rampage, everyone refused to do the right thing including nurses, doctors, administrators, etc. The story about him became a book entitled The Good Nurse.