Akers, a licensed practical nurse (LPN) who worked for Southwood, a long-term care and rehabilitation facility, was

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Akers, a licensed practical nurse (LPN) who worked for Southwood, a long-term care and rehabilitation facility, was assigned to care for 140 patients by herself. She wrote a letter to the assistant director explaining she could not care for them safely, and she refused to violate the patient care laws. She was fired almost immediately. Was Akers’s firing a wrongful discharge in violation of public policy? Why?

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Law for Business

ISBN: 978-1259722325

13th edition

Authors: A. James Barnes, Terry M. Dworkin, Eric L. Richards

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