Page v. Wilson Memorial Hospital, Inc.

ARNOLD, Judge.

Plaintiff contends that it was error for the trial court to exclude testimony of the expert witness, Nurse Pennington, regarding the standard of care in situations involving a patient’s use of a bedpan, and in directing a verdict for defendants.

Nurse Pennington would have testified that placing the patient on a bedpan in a chair and leaving her unattended for periods of three to four minutes was a violation of the standard of nursing care in Wilson County Hospital or hospitals located in similar communities. Her testimony would have constituted sufficient evidence of actionable…