01-21-2011, 02:24 AM
http://newsok.com/nurse-loses-license-ov...le/3532758
A hospice nurse has been barred from her profession for 20 years after admitting to a sexual relationship with her married terminally ill patient.
The Oklahoma Nursing Board in August disciplined Amber Van Brunt, 33, of Shawnee, for unprofessional conduct. Now, she is asking an Oklahoma County judge to reverse the board’s order “to correct this miscarriage of justice.”
At the heart of the appeal is an ethical question: Is it ever right for a nurse to have sex with a patient?
Van Brunt’s attorney told the judge the consensual relationship with the patient was on the nurse’s “own personal time,” while she was visiting as a friend, not while she was on duty caring for him.
A hospice nurse has been barred from her profession for 20 years after admitting to a sexual relationship with her married terminally ill patient.
The Oklahoma Nursing Board in August disciplined Amber Van Brunt, 33, of Shawnee, for unprofessional conduct. Now, she is asking an Oklahoma County judge to reverse the board’s order “to correct this miscarriage of justice.”
At the heart of the appeal is an ethical question: Is it ever right for a nurse to have sex with a patient?
Van Brunt’s attorney told the judge the consensual relationship with the patient was on the nurse’s “own personal time,” while she was visiting as a friend, not while she was on duty caring for him.