Workplace pressure and care failures, including a DNACPR mix-up, contributed to a patient’s death
I am sure you have heard the sad story about retired nurse Patricia Dawson, who died in a hospital emergency department (ED). She had had a cardiac arrest but the nursing staff mistakenly followed DNACPR recommendations from another patient’s notes. The coroner ruled that Ms Dawson had died of neglect.
Emergency Nurse. 32, 5, 11-11. doi: 10.7748/en.32.5.11.s4
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