Naomi Derrick: New Jersey nurse loses license after stabbing autistic teen with syringes

New Jersey nurse loses license after stabbing autistic teen with syringes

New Jersey regulators have revoked the nursing license of a woman caught on security cameras stabbing an autistic teenager with syringes when he failed to comply with her instructions, officials said Thursday. The state attorney general’s Division of Consumer Affairs announced in a news release that the New Jersey Board of Nursing had revoked the registered nursing license of Naomi Derrick because of the 2016 episode at an Atlantic City hospital’s psychiatric unit. Officials said they also plan to begin proceedings to revoke Derrick’s license for respiratory therapy. A phone call to a listing for Derrick was not immediately returned ...

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