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1. nationalpost.com › news › canadaOntario nurse details 'red surge' and 'that laughter' behind ...

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   Wettlaufer’s lone murder victim outside Woodstock was Arpad Horvath, 75, at London’s Meadow Park nursing home. He was suffering from dementia and could be difficult, she told the court. Handout

2. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaHere's what ex-nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer confessed about ...

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   Jun 2, 2017 · Nurse accused in seniors' deaths stated 'it wasn't accidental,' childhood friend says "Maybe they didn't believe me," she said in her interview with police. "I don't know.

3. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaHow was a nurse able to kill 8 seniors over a decade? Answers ...

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   Jul 31, 2019 · The report examines how Wettlaufer, a nurse at several long-term care facilities in southwestern Ontario, was able to access lethal doses of insulin to kill her patients, to steal opioids to feed ...

4. www.cbc.ca › news › canadaNurse gave man fatal opioid dose in Winnipeg hospital ...

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   10 hours ago · The plaintiff says he contacted the hospital's nurse supervisor about his father's quality of care. The nurse supervisor told the man his father's nurse would be disciplined for failing to ...

5. hospicecare.com › policy-and-ethics › ethical-issuesThe Double Effect of Pain Medication: Separating Myth from ...

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   This nurse further advised other nurses that the underlying issue in pain management is the nurse's "intolerance of a patient's pain or suffering." This line of reasoning concluded with, "Just as a physician must learn that lack of a cure does not equate with failure, a nurse must learn that the presence of pain [in the dying patient] does not mean failure."

6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesHealth care serial murder - PMC - National Center for ...

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   In 2016, Canadians were horrified to learn that an Ontario nurse, Elizabeth Wettlaufer, had confessed to killing 8 long-term care (LTC) residents. In July 2019, the Ontario Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry presented its recommendations. 1 Although serial murder committed by health care providers is rare, it is more common than most of us ...

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   Did a nursing home nurse avoid a lethal injection?

   • She claimed he overstayed his welcome and followed her around, asking questions about their divorce case. A Pennsylvania nurse accused in the insulin-overdose deaths of 17 nursing home patients as she bounced from one facility to another pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to life in prison—avoiding a lethal injection herself.

   Nurse Who Killed Patients With Insulin Avoids Lethal Injection

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   Did a nurse administer a lethal dose of insulin to 8 people?

   • That said, Wettlaufer told the detective that she understood that she was administering what would prove to be a lethal dose of insulin to eight people. The nurse who pleaded guilty to killing eight seniors with fatal doses of insulin is shown here in a taped confession in October 2016. She said she understood the consequences of her actions.

   Here's what ex-nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer confessed about killing 8

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   Are health care serial murders a failure of patient safety?

   • Comments from family members of victims reflected this anger: “They put money and reputation in front of a human life.” 12 Health care serial murder is an extreme failure of patient safety processes.

   Health care serial murder - PMC - National Center for Biotechnology

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   Did a nurse try to stop killing seniors with insulin?

   • The nurse who pleaded guilty to killing eight seniors with fatal doses of insulin is shown here in a taped confession in October 2016. She apologized to their families, but acknowledged ‘sorry isn’t enough.’ But Wettlaufer tells the detective that she tried to stop killing.

   Here's what ex-nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer confessed about killing 8

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   How vulnerable are nursing home residents?

   • Nursing home residents are particularly vulnerable given frailty, care needs, and cognitive impairment. In addition, there are many work force shortages. As happened with Elizabeth Wettlaufer, poorly performing or unsafe staff might be tolerated or hired with limited background checks.

   Health care serial murder - PMC - National Center for Biotechnology

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   Are doctors supplying the causal agent of patients' deaths?

   • Doctors have been providing medication to terminally ill patients for comfort care for decades, knowing that it will have a 'double effect', reducing the patient's pain and hastening his death. This is part of the tradition of administering comfort care.

   The Double Effect of Pain Medication: Separating Myth from Reality

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8. www.thedailybeast.com › heather-pressdee-nurse-whoNurse Who Killed Patients With Insulin Avoids Lethal Injection

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   May 2, 2024 · GUILTY AS HELL. A Pennsylvania nurse accused in the insulin-overdose deaths of 17 nursing home patients as she bounced from one facility to another pleaded guilty Thursday and was sentenced to ...