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Archive > February, 2010 Vol. XI, No. 2

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Why didn't staff stop the misbehaving ENT surgeon?

Silent Witnesses to Innapropriate Behavior
Re: "The ENT Surgeon Who Gave Genital Exams" (January, page 42). Why have the RNs in the room not been suspended or fired? They speak for patients when they cannot. If someone is inappropriately touching a patient, it is their legal duty to report it to their supervisor and up the chain of command. The nurses' (in)actions contributed to the problem. Nurses have to speak out for the patients.

Cindy Boyle, RN, CNOR
Nurse Manager
Simi Surgery Center
Simi Valley, Calif.
cboyle@simiasc.com

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