Information provided by NY Daily News:
A student nurse who mistakenly injected coffee into the veins of an 80-year-old patient who died hours later has defended herself by saying "anyone can get confused."
Rejane Moreira Telles, 23, said she had just three days of work experience in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, clinic when she mixed up administering a drip to Palmerina Pires Ribeiro.
She appeared on TV Globo's Fantastico show where she said she was aware of the risk of administering an intravenous feed.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/nurse-kills-patient-injecting-coffee-drip-article-1.1189969#ixzz2A9xzFLsx
A student nurse who mistakenly injected coffee into the veins of an 80-year-old patient who died hours later has defended herself by saying "anyone can get confused."
Rejane Moreira Telles, 23, said she had just three days of work experience in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, clinic when she mixed up administering a drip to Palmerina Pires Ribeiro.
She appeared on TV Globo's Fantastico show where she said she was aware of the risk of administering an intravenous feed.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/nurse-kills-patient-injecting-coffee-drip-article-1.1189969#ixzz2A9xzFLsx