October 12, 2004: California: Patient Dies At Hospital After Nurse Fails To Check On Him
Nurse Turns Down Audio Alarm On Vital-Signs Monitor:"A nurse turned down an audio alarm on a vital-signs monitor and then failed to notice when a 28-year-old AIDS patient went into cardiac distress and died, county health officials said.
The incident was the latest crisis for the county-owned Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, where federal inspectors say five patients died from negligence last year and others were given improper medication.
Three of the patients died after nurses did not watch their cardiac monitors -- a situation similar to Thursday's death."
http://www.nbc4.tv/health/3802919/detail.html
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com
Nurse Turns Down Audio Alarm On Vital-Signs Monitor:"A nurse turned down an audio alarm on a vital-signs monitor and then failed to notice when a 28-year-old AIDS patient went into cardiac distress and died, county health officials said.
The incident was the latest crisis for the county-owned Martin Luther King Jr./Drew Medical Center, where federal inspectors say five patients died from negligence last year and others were given improper medication.
Three of the patients died after nurses did not watch their cardiac monitors -- a situation similar to Thursday's death."
http://www.nbc4.tv/health/3802919/detail.html
Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com