A pediatric critical care nurse accidentally gave a baby a dose of Calcium Chloride which wound up killing the baby. The nurse had accidentally calculated the medication wrong which is a human mistake. No one is perfect. After this occurred, the hospital fired her. The nurse then committed suicide.
People are now arguing whether they should fire nurses and doctors for mistakes even if they do kill people. Paul Levy which is the former CEO of the hospital says that firing a nurse or doctor for their mistake will not improve the hospital. Instead he is saying that they should be included in trying to prevent accidents like this.
There was another mistake when a doctor had accidentally started to drill into the wrong side of a patient’s head for surgery. The surgeon was never fired even though he made a mistake just like the nurse.
In my opinion I think it depends on the degree of the accident to determine if the person should be fired or not. If they perform acts of malpractice or negligence then yes they should be fired. People are human and they do make mistakes. Hospitals can improve their quality and help to prevent mistakes but you can never completely stop mistakes from happening.
I totally agree, but a baby is a big deal I guess. You make valid points, life threatening mistakes though are grounds for termination.
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