A jury awarded $1 million to a health care risk manager who was terminated after reporting licensed practical nurses were asked to engage in behavior outside the scope of their licenses.

Patricia Wise-Youngren claimed she learned about the scope-of-practice violations at a staff meeting on March 28, 2014, but was told the Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center would look into it and to not report the violation to the Agency of Health Care Administration. She claimed she was fired after reporting the violations.

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