Tenet Hospitals Limited, a Texas Limited Partnership D/B/A Sierra Medical Center v. Mariva J. Barajas

OPINION

YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice.

Appellant, Tenet Hospitals Limited, d/b/a/ Sierra Medical Center, appeals the trial court’s denial of its motion to dismiss Appellee Mariva Barajas’s health care liability claim. Sierra Medical Center (SMC) raises a single issue for our review. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

BACKGROUND

On March 17, 2011, Barajas underwent a total right knee replacement operation at SMC. The following day, while still a patient at SMC, Barajas requested assistance to move from a recliner to the bedside commode. A nurse attempted to help…