I don't know if this has been posted since I just returned from a dr. appt. but just in case, here it is. It is an e-mail from Cheryl Ford as of 2:00 pm:
I HAVE JUST FINISHED A CONVERSATION WITH A NURSE NAMED NORA. NORA IS A NURSE WHO HAS WORKED WITH TERRI AT HOSPICE. NORA AND I SPOKE FOR A LONG TIME. SHE IS A NURSE WHO HAS COME FORWARD FROM WOODSIDE HOSPICE AND HAS TOLD ME SHE IS APPALLED THAT THEY ARE DOING THIS TO TERRI. SHE TOLD ME TERRI LAUGHS WHEN SHE HAS TOLD HER JOKES.
YESTERDAY, NORA WAS TOLD BY THE AGENCY SHE WORKS FOR, THAT WOODSIDE HOSPICE DID NOT WANT HER BACK WORKING AT THE FACILITY. NORA HAS BEEN WORKING THERE FOR TWO YEARS AS AN AGENCY NURSE. NORA HAD DISAGREED WITH THE STAFF ON SUNDAY WITH REGARD TO WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO TERRI. YESTERDAY, AT 3:30 PM SHE RECEIVED A CALL FROM HER AGENCY SAYING WOODSIDE HOSPICE DID NOT WANT HER BACK.
NORA WILL BE ON HANNITY ON RADIO TODAY AT 2:00PM ET AND ON HANNITY TONIGHT AT 9:00PM ET WITH HER STORY.
I COMMEND THE NURSES IN MY PROFESSION FOR COMING FORWARD LIKE NORA JUST DID.
PLEASE WATCH YOUR EMAILS AND THE NEWS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
CHERYL
I am a Registered Nurse and I lost my last job for speaking out against the management where I worked because of what I considered negligence in the nursing home on the part of certain employees. They tried to trump up charges against me and eventually told me they were going to terminate me. So I ended up quittng. Medical facilities are so short of help that they will settle for anything, even incompetent nursing staff, and to keep them, they will lie for them and tolerate almost anything in the work place.
If you want your job in a nursing home, and even some of the better hospitals I have worked in, you will keep your mouth shut and look the other way.
I cannot live with my conscience under these circumstances so I have left the profession altogether.