Another job hazard of nursing.
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Doesn’t work very well. In the scenario described, they don’t report how the nurse or hospital responded. She and the hospital should have come down on that guy like a ton of bricks.
And EMTALA shoud allow the hospital the right to add him to a “no treatment here for you” list.
It would help a lot if each hospital could have a “do not treat here” list. Sort of like the no-fly lists.
There probably should be a formal system for this to prevent abuse but hitting a nurse on purpose (not becuase you’re pyschotic from sepsis), using coccaine in hospital, beating up another patient, dealing drugs from the hospital room, 10 AMAs in a year for the same problem, defacating on your roomate on purpose should have come consequences.
There should be a basic level of civilized behavior expected from people who are competant and capable of controlling their behavior, even if they are sick.
Try acting like a complete moron in any other public place – even a church, and then demanding service the next day and see what happens.
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