Kaiser Foundation Hospitals fired a nurse in retaliation for reporting patient safety concerns, a California jury ruled Monday, awarding her $41.49 million.
Former neonatal intensive care unit charge nurse Maria Gatchalian reported before she was fired that two Kaiser nurses didn’t know how what kind of catheter to use on a baby in critical condition and didn’t ask her, the overseeing nurse, for help.
A nurse also failed to feed a baby, Gatchalian reported, and a staff member violated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act by giving a baby’s information to an alleged father whose paternity had yet ...
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