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Article: Nurse got it in writing: ambiguity was in contract.(Nursing Law Case on Point)
- Article from:
- Nursing Law's Regan Report
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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CASE ON POINT: Sweetwater Hospital Association v. Carpenter, 2005 WL 240605 S.W.3d--TN
ISSUE: How often have we heard the saying "Get It in Writing!" That was just one facet of this unusualcase. A nurse entered into a written agreement whereby the hospital that employed her agreed to pay for her course of study to become a CRNA. The quid pro quo was that all of the costs of the nurse's education, including a stipend paid to her by the hospital, was to be forgiven if the nurse returned to the hospital and worked for a total of five years upon completion of her studies. Although the nurse got it in writing, the contract (prepared by. the hospital) failed to state ...