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Utah hospital to cops: Stay away from our nurses
Washington Post ^ | Sept 05, 2017 | Fred Barbash and Derek Hawkins

Posted on 09/05/2017 9:36:38 PM PDT by Ken H

The University of Utah Hospital, where a nurse was manhandled and arrested by police as she protected the legal rights of a patient, has imposed new restrictions on law enforcement, including barring officers from patient-care areas and from direct contact with nurses.

Margaret Pearce, chief nursing officer for the University of Utah hospital system, said she was “appalled” by the obfficer’s actions and has already implemented changes in hospital protocol to avoid any repetition.

She said police will no longer be permitted in patient-care areas, such as the burn unit where Wubbels was the charge nurse on the day of the incident and from emergency rooms.

In addition, officers will have to deal with “house supervisors” instead of nurses when they have a request.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Utah
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To: Ken H

My wife is a nurse. You make a lot of assumptions about me.

I was there from 1am to 6am on a Saturday morning because I was worried about one of my people - not bc I had to be there. I got a very late night phone call, got out of bed, put on my uniform and went down there; no one in her family ever came. She hanged herself last month and I still get upset about it.

I had been standing in that hallway for 4 hours. Quietly and very politely. I have stood in that hallway on 6 occasions previously with no issues in similar circumstances for hours at a time waiting to see if one of my people will make it. Twice with the same charge nurse. She wasn’t speaking for her staff because the other nurses all are either married to or have a father in LE and I know them personally.

BLM has nothing on this thread’s cop hate. I mean, Tell me what you do for a living and I’ll tell you about all of the losers or crooks who also have that profession. Has no bearing on you personally.

Wish everyone the best.


101 posted on 09/06/2017 4:24:03 AM PDT by Noamie
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To: Noamie
I agree, your act of actually "giving a shit" about your parolee is commendable, and speaks to who you are. You are also correct, there are bad people in every walk of life.

My only concern about you on this thread is your disingenuous comment about nurses killing more people than cops. It's apples vs. road apples.

Further, what you call 'cop hate' on this thread is more (at least in my case) a desire for accountability for these cops who clearly went rogue.

I'm also concerned that the hospital seems to be overreacting.

102 posted on 09/06/2017 4:29:02 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: NorthMountain

You’re being policed. How’s it feel?


I’m married, have a daughter, and a mom. I was an art maj in college. You imagine I’ve never been policed? Lol


103 posted on 09/06/2017 4:30:07 AM PDT by Noamie
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To: Radix

That is an outrageous assertion


My wife is a nurse. Do you know how many ppl are killed, each year, by bad nurses? You dont, do you?

Cops w agendas? You should write for BLM. You are very eloquent.


104 posted on 09/06/2017 4:34:34 AM PDT by Noamie
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To: Noamie

“Nurses kill more ppl than cops.”

How many nurses have dragged cops out of the station house?

L


105 posted on 09/06/2017 4:42:20 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Lazamataz

Like I said, my wife is a nurse; my nurse comment was just a joke. (Though it is provable and statistically true that bad nursing kills a staggering number of ppl each year. Does it make all nurses evil, crappy ppl? Nope.)

Lot of cop hate on Freerepublic.


106 posted on 09/06/2017 4:42:23 AM PDT by Noamie
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To: Cubs Fan
Pigs don't punish pigs. Only in the most egregious case will a DA choose charges and then only maybe.

The supervisor who okayed the arrest needs to be fired and stripped of professional liability.

The pig that arrested the nurse needs to tried, convicted and serve time in general population.

The police chief needs to resign for running a shitty department, but lacks the honor to do so.

The university cops present should all be fired for cowardice and dereliction of duty.

None of this will be done and the pigs will continue to create the fear and hatred they deserve.

107 posted on 09/06/2017 4:43:23 AM PDT by Badboo (Why it is important)
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To: Lurker

How many nurses have dragged cops out of the station house?


Does my wife count?


108 posted on 09/06/2017 4:44:13 AM PDT by Noamie
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To: Noamie
Lot of cop hate on Freerepublic.

What you view as 'hate', at least from me (and I suspect in many other cases), is a desire for accountability over some rogue cops.

109 posted on 09/06/2017 4:45:10 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: Noamie
Nice attempt at deflection.

Too bad I detect it every time. You FAIL.

Try addressing the actual point ... that We the People are losing (or have lost) any trust or respect we may have once had for professional police officers ... and that lack of trust is showing up in incidents like the one you related in post #8.

BTW, it's interesting that you mention BLM. The incident related in the original post, and many others like it, are the reason BLM has any credibility at all. Their lies are (at first glance) plausible.

Clean up your act. Police yourselves, cops, or you will be policed. And you won't like it.

110 posted on 09/06/2017 4:46:05 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: Noamie

“Does my wife count?”

Ruling on the field: No.

LOL

Best,

L


111 posted on 09/06/2017 4:46:55 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Noamie

If you where there in no official capacity, why didn’t you take a seat and wait for news? The mere act of being in uniform (unnecessarily) and standing around showing off your copy regalia for 4 hours signals more about you than you probably realize.


112 posted on 09/06/2017 4:57:08 AM PDT by Scarpetta (I'm surrounded by progtards and cuckservatives.)
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To: Scarpetta

Try it again without the typos: If you were there in no official capacity, why didn’t you take a seat and wait for news? The mere act of being in uniform (unnecessarily) and standing around showing off your cop regalia for 4 hours signals more about you than you probably realize.


113 posted on 09/06/2017 4:59:23 AM PDT by Scarpetta (I'm surrounded by progtards and cuckservatives.)
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To: Ken H

The solution is to skip the hospital and provide care in the jail


114 posted on 09/06/2017 5:01:29 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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To: Noamie
Nurses kill more ppl than cops.

Good example of the mentality that should be excluded from patient recovery areas.

115 posted on 09/06/2017 5:05:36 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: Noamie

Nice play for sympathy, but it was beside the point. The point of this thread is that a major hospital in a medium size US city that has lost all confidence in their police dept.

I stand with the nurses.


116 posted on 09/06/2017 5:05:50 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Cubs Fan

Hospitals are very paranoid when it comes to patient privacy and for good reason.

Federal bureaucrats use these laws (ie HIPPA) as a means to impose costly sanctions and hefty penalties for violations. Of course, if state and federal agencies are sloppy with YOUR medical information, it’s no problem because as we all know, the law is used against the peasants; not privileged government workers.

I don’t this this is an over-reaction at all. If the blood draw was carried out w/o a warrant, the hospital would face a medical privacy violation, and a civil rights lawsuit from the patient. An immediate review by police interacting with medical personnel with respect to obtaining medical evidence is absolutely necessary before trust can be re-established.

What needs to happen is the LEOs need to review the law and their policies with respect to obtaining medical evidence and meet with hospital legal counsel to come up with a rational policy that protects all parties.


117 posted on 09/06/2017 5:19:12 AM PDT by grumpygresh (When will Soros be brought to justice? Crush the vermin, crush the Left.)
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To: lightman
That policy will change the first time a patient in the treatment area assaults a nurse.

Large hospitals have contract security people to handle that situation. The cops wouldn't be any good in that situation anyway; they wouldn't be there. ("When seconds count, the police are only minutes away")

118 posted on 09/06/2017 5:24:27 AM PDT by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: grumpygresh

grumpygresh: What needs to happen is the LEOs need to review the law and their policies with respect to obtaining medical evidence and meet with hospital legal counsel to come up with a rational policy that protects all parties.

Me: They had such a policy and apparently it worked. Until Officer Jeff Payne assaulted the nurse, that is.

What good will another policy do if police can’t be trusted to honor it?


119 posted on 09/06/2017 5:30:24 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: grumpygresh
And you forgot to add that the Rigby police chief thanks Utah nurse for ‘standing firm’ in protecting his officer. Obviously, the department that the VICTIM of this accident works for understands the law!!!
120 posted on 09/06/2017 5:30:28 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama (Self defense is a basic human right!)
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