A Wisconsin nurse accused of amputating a dying frostbite patient’s foot without permission – and allegedly telling coworkers she would display the body part in her family’s taxidermy shop – has been criminally charged.
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Brown allegedly told other nurses that her family owns a taxidermy shop and that she wanted to preserve the foot and place it in the store with a sign reading, "wear your boots, kids."
-Mike_C
“It’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission” means that you should do something without worrying about getting permission first. If that thing turns out to upset certain people, it’s easier for you to ask for them to forgive your actions rather than getting permission in the first place.
ReplyDeleteSo, maybe not A universally accepted concept? I'm shocked..
It's Gotta make ya wonder what other stunts she has pulled. DAFUQ was she thinking? He's Not using it, so I'll just hack it off? And the nurse who held his hand, instead of Stopping her? Hello?? There were Two Nurses there. Nurses,, people who, we have been told, are trustworthy, we leave our loved ones in the care of people who are Supposed to be caring. What a frikken mess.
If I was dead, I'd want my foot stuffed and famous for posterity in a roadside attractions.
ReplyDeleteCan I have mine firmly implanted in Biden’s rear end in the display?
DeleteIf so, you can have it now!
-Frank
Better yet, used to carry out the "I'll put a foot up your ass!" threat.
DeleteAccording to this article from a Milwaukee publication:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2022/11/10/wisconsin-nurse-charged-in-unauthorized-amputation-of-foot/69629731007/
If she had asked a doctor, he probably would have authorized the amputation. And the fox article quotes "the outlet" (another publication) as saying a nurse was holding his hand and he moaned. However the article from the Milwaukee paper says one nurse witnessed the tendon being cut and the patient "didn't appear to be in pain" and another nurse saying she "asked the patient" two days late and he said he'd felt it. No mention of tightening grips or moaning.
Either way this is fucked up, but it sounds like she overstepped and put her foot in her mouth...but what she did should've been done long before she did it. She should probably lose her license but "elder abuse" charges are pushing it. She clipped a tendon without authorization. On a dying man. No blood was spilt, and the nerves were most definitely dead. It's stupid and gruesome but not criminal.