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Mr. Hyer's Case: The Nurse Kevin Case

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This was a very one-sided case in which the Union desperately tried to support and defend one of its members, whom purposely and with just cause put patients at risk. The hospital in this case suspended a nurse, Hyer, for five days for dereliction of his duties which resulted in unnecessary pain and suffering to a recovering patient, a severe infraction to say the least. In other cases, it is believable that the arbiters job is in discerning the right course of action is decidedly more difficult, in the case of Nurse Kevin, there is difficulty and the suspension should stand. The arguments in this case focus around what Mr. Hyer to believe an unlawful order that not only put himself in danger but that of a patient, the issues were

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