Posted on 10/14/2014 11:06:40 AM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: Giggling nurse with a throat infection who breathed on critically ill baby and said it was 'better off dead' faces being struck off
A nurse who breathed on a critically ill baby while she was suffering from a throat infection and said the newborn was ‘better off dead’ faces being struck off.
Claire Orton giggled after exhaling onto the 'extremely poorly' child while it was being treated at University Hospital in Coventry, Warwickshire, a tribunal heard.
She had told colleagues she had been ill with a throat infection before she deliberately breathed on the infant’s face as if to infect him, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) hearing was told.
Orton was being investigated by Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust over a separate incident when the allegations over 'Baby B' came to light.
Colleague Daniel Top told the panel how he was shocked after Orton made the insensitive comments - which came while she under investigation for allegedly leaving a student nurse to look after a poorly baby, despite being unqualified to do so.
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You would have to tell me, but lately it’s like everyone is acting like they’re in high school. No one THINKS like an adult anymore.
My beagle was the smallest of the three dogs we had at the time, but she ruled the roost.
My 25 lb beagle is the boss of my 60 lb pitbull. If the Pit doesn’t finish her dinner first, the beagle will. In a battle of wits however, the beagle is unarmed.
Funny, and now that I think of my beagle (a few years departed now), that she was quite shrewd more than brainy.
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