Nurse who used 'excessive force' on premature babies has license suspended
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For seven seconds, Erin Strotman held a premature baby’s legs toward his neck with both of her hands while exerting excessive force on his legs and abdomen.
Later, the nurse shifted all of her weight to one leg and exerted even more pressure on the child with her forearms and hands, and even fell on the floor while holding the baby.
That’s according to a review of video shot inside the Henrico Doctors’ Hospital NICU on November 10 of last year.
The Virginia Board of Nursing now cites that as one of the reasons they have decided to suspend Strotman’s professional license. Their order stated, “a substantial danger to public health or safety warrants this action."
The 16-page document also describes footage that allegedly shows Strotman turning the same infant’s head 90 degrees to the right, and then 90 degrees to the left, before placing her hand on his abdomen with her thumb on his back and squeezing the baby with excessive force for five seconds, which caused his vital signs to drop.
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