Nurse wanted to stuff the amputated foot and use it to scare children.
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”The man died on June 2, six days after losing his foot. A nursing aide who spoke with state investigators said the man "really declined after his foot was gone,"
according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, which reviewed a state inspection report.
No doctor authorized or ordered an amputation of the man's foot. And as a nurse, Brown did not have the authority or training to provide an amputation in any case because such a procedure is simply outside of the scope of practice for registered nurses. Further, the man, a 62-year-old patient who was not cognitively impaired and was in charge of making his own medical decisions, had not consented to the amputation.
Gruesome details
The man had been placed in the nursing home, Spring Valley Health and Rehabilitation Center, in March after he fell in his home with the heat turned off, leading to frostbite that left his feet blackened and necrotic.
State inspectors found that once he was placed in the care of the nursing home, staff failed to notify hospice or any physician that the man's condition was worsening. Though they should have been conducting weekly assessments of his feet, the facility did not perform any assessments over months.
Two days before Brown cut off the man's foot, the patient fell from his bed, injuring his foot further, and was delirious and "talking in word salad," according to the state's inspection report.”