DCA Investigation Closed with No Disciplinary Action after LVN Accused of Failure to Report
A licensed vocational nurse functioning as a supervisor of other LVNs in a care facility was accused by the facility of failing to report an incident of a patient falling in the facility. With our guidance, the nurse admitted to the DCA investigator that the fall had occurred and it had not been properly reported. We assisted the nurse in presenting evidence of rehabilitation as well as the context for the incident, including the nurse’s…