Nurse Sues After Fingertip Is Bitten Off By Jail Inmate

There are several problems here. First, there is not enough info in this article about the entire incident. Second, for those of you who thought the nurse got probation, you were mistaken, it was the inmate. Third, there was obviously a huge flaw in the system if the deputies failed this badly to let the inmate get to the point of biting off someones finger, be it the nurse's or the officer's. Last, why is the nurse only suing the inmate for the incident and not the people who were actually at fault, the deputies who failed to provide her with a safe working environment, which is what they were there for! I work in the jail and it is the safest psychiatric environment I have worked in. The officers I work with deserve much more recognition then they are given. They look out for and protect us nurses each and every day!

I work in the MO. Prison System as a mental health nurse at a level 3 camp - (min. security) - why would you even think about assisting to restrain an inmate - that is what the CO's are trained to do.

Not enough information as usual. Was the nurse taunting the patient? Did the nurse think to herself I might want to restrain this inmate? You really can't make a judgment either way with this amount of info unless your jaded and judgmental which many of us are.

When I am treating an inmate the Correctional officers are always with the inmate. They are shackled hands and feet. The guards do NOT leave the inmate until they are anesthetized and deemed "asleep" by the MD. Then and ONLY then are the shackles removed. The guards are then only a few feet from the procedure room ready to act. The guards at our hospital CARE about the staff here and so the Police on campus. We must protect our own and keep both staff and patients safe. No where in the nurses oath are we to accept a traumatic amputation of a digit, or a broken nose. We have to get into patients personal spaces for a reason, to TREAT. Shame on the Deputy and his/her posse. Everyone is afraid of the patients/inmates now??? Why is it acceptable that the staff did NOT act? I personally dislike litigation but this is what the justice system is supposed to be about. Sheriff? your motto? Serve and Protect? Protect whom????? WAKE UP AMERICA

Should got more than probation.

Is there more to the story ? Why the probation for the nurse? RNurse5

I believe it. the same incident happen a couple of years ago, when a inmate beat this nurse badly, because the sheriff didn't restrain them propertly. The nurse is permanteally disabled now.