Termination warranted for error of judgment

The grievor released a patient from her clinic and the patient subsequently committed suicide. The union argued that the grievor was not the only one to make mistakes in this case, but the arbitrator found that she had made several and they merited discipline.

A community health nurse was fired for providing deficient care after she discharged a patient who later committed suicide.

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