Philadelphia Geriatric Center v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,

Philadelphia Geriatric Center (Center) appeals from a decision of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) granting benefits to the claimant, whom the Center employed as a licensed practical nurse for 17 years but discharged on June 29,1977. We reverse.

*359On June 28, 1977, the claimant was assigned to administer five treatments to a particular patient at the Center during her evening shift. The treatment in question involved administering medication to a bedsore of the ankle and applying a clean dressing to the wound. That evening was a very busy one…