Doe v. Medlantic Health Care Group, Inc. Kimberly S. Shuert Rasmussen College Doe v. Medlantic Health Care Group, Inc. In this particular case, someone’s privacy (HIV status) was violated due to another person’s (Tijuana Goldring) ignorance. The two happened to work together at one place however one of them also worked at a hospital (Washington Health Center, which is owned by Medlantic), which is where the information was obtained. This personal information was then spread around the common workplace (U.S. Department of State). The victim was harassed by co-workers and obviously quite embarrassed.
The police who were summoned recall only that they regarded him as highly intoxicated, but they did get him to Charity Hospital. The next morning his friends learned of his predicament and had him removed to Hotel Dieu. There is no dispute but that Margreiter had been severely beaten, or that he endured great suffering and retains some effects of his injuries. 3 Margreiter testified that when he entered his room, he turned on the television and began to look at the program of association meetings for the
Once Doe learned that Goldring was the source of the disclosed information, he filed a complaint against Medlantic and Goldring alleging tort claims of invasion of privacy based on Goldring’s disclosure of Doe’s HIV-positive status and breach of confidential relationship based on WHC’s negligence in permitting Goldring access to confidential patient information. After a trial, the jury found Medlantic liable for breach of confidential relationship and awarded Doe $250,000 in damages. The jury found against Doe on his invasion of privacy claim against Goldring because the disclosure was not within the scope of Goldring’s employment with WHC. Medlantic filed a motion for judgment arguing that Doe’s claims were barred by the statute of limitations. The trial court granted Medlantic’s motion and Doe appealed.
The evidence here is that the defendant hired Mr. Kramer; a male employee who has less job experience and education than the plaintiff because the defendant does not want to have anything to do with a female employee. In her testimony, the plaintiff said in her first week, the defendant had told her in a joking manner “don’t get pregnant anytime soon. Elaine believes it is a wrongful discharge of an employee in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
McCoy was a first year nurse at the hospital, and the person to save Joseph's life. He had shocked Joseph with the plugs three times and on the third try Joseph had began to open his eyes and breathe. Joseph couldn't remember when nor how he got to the hospital, but he remember that he had a very painful headache and had received some peels from Traymond. He thought that he could trust Traymond, but he was mistakenly wrong. His mother's exact words to him was," You can't be bestfriends with everyone, and you can't trust everyone either.
In the 1987 injury he was locking his wing up when he slipped on some oatmeal from the morning feed, and fell on his back. He went to Cermak Hospital to see a doctor. After going to the hospital he visited Michael Reese HMO. He was examined, and had x-rays done and it was revealed he had no broken bones. He was off of work for about two or three weeks while he went to therapy for pain to his lower back.
(Crisp, Taylor, Douglas & Rebeiro, 2009 p.1131) Socially Withdrawn – due to grief from her husband’s death and the Hindu religion has a 12 month mourning period. (About.com-Hinduism) Right Sided Hemiplegia – When a CVA happens in the left side of the brain , most likely the frontal lobe, the right side of the body will be most affected. (Marieb 2009, p254) Colostomy – surgically established fistula between the colon and the surface of the abdomen that acts as an artificial anus. (Dictionary of Nursing, Churchill Livingstone 1996). Due to blood vessel death in the bowel.
Mr. Ard wife made several contacts to the nurse and there was no response in a timely manner. A nurse eventually came and instead of checking the patient out thoroughly medication for nausea was given to him. The wife notice that her husband symptoms was getter worse and tried paging the nurse in which did not arrive until an hour and 25 minutes later. The nurse realize that the patient condition was threatening and called for a code of medical attention, however, Mr. Ard did not survive and died shortly afterward. The patient wife filed a malpractice law suit of wrongful death against the hospital facility and was awarded judgment of the negligence by the nurse in which the case was later appealed by the hospital.
The next day there were marked differences in the patient, he had trouble with his balance and was extremely unsteady on his feet, so much so that he fell over next to the nurses’ station and sustained a bump to his head. Due to this change it was decided that he was a danger to both himself and others due to the high risk of falls. The ward manager arranged for the patient to be moved onto a different ward where there was an empty side room, the furniture would be removed and mattresses placed on the floor so that he could lay on them without any risk of falling. He required a nurse to special him but this person was not available for a couple of hours so the ward manager requested that myself and another student nurse (also on her first placement) accompany him and ensure he came to no harm until the consultant could assess him. During the transfer between wards the patient became
INDICATION: This 56-year-old male presents to surgical office with history of bilateral axillary masses. Upon evaluation, it was noted that the patient has draining bilateral masses with the left mass being approximately 8 cm in diameter upon palpation and the right being approximately 4 cm in diameter. The patient had been continued on antibiotics preoperatively. The patient with history of Hodgkin's lymphoma approximately 18 years ago and underwent therapy at that time and he was declared free of disease since that time. Consent for possible recurrence of Hodgkin's lymphoma warranted exploration and excision of these masses.