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Eugene Burns: Why Nurses Refuse To Follow Orders
The patient in the article, nurses refuse to follow orders, is Eugene Burns was admitted to Robert Wood Johnson Hospital February of 1999, to be treated for an aneurysm during his surgery. Since he was being treated he had a tracheotomy tube in his throat. Which made him unable to speak. After being hospitalized for 2 month he was transferred to Harbor side Nursing Home. He had a friend that came to visit him, whom was named Stephen Szczuvelek telling him that he feels as if he might die in the nursing home because the nurses weren’t taking care of him. They would not suction his tube or clean him. His tube was to be cleaned every four hours and that was not happening at all. Szczuvelek went to speak to Eugene’s social worker to explain to
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