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Not Guilty - Texas Jury Acquits Winkler County Nurse
Date:2/11/2010

ANDREWS, Texas, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It took the jury less than an hour to return a not guilty verdict this morning for Anne Mitchell, RN, defendant in the criminal trial that has come to be known as the "Winkler County nurses" trial. Mitchell faced a third-degree felony charge in Texas of "misuse of official information," for reporting a physician to the Texas Medical Board for what she believed was unsafe patient care. Mitchell is a member of the Texas Nurses Association (TNA) and the American Nurses Association (ANA).

"We are very pleased about the not guilty verdict and that justice prevailed for Anne Mitchell," stated Susy Sportsman, PhD, RN, president of TNA. "If anything was to be gained from the absurdity of this criminal trial, it is the reaffirmation that a nurse's duty to advocate for the health and safety of patients supersedes all else."

Since news of the criminal indictment – and Mitchell's being fired from her hospital job – first spread through the nursing community, nurses across the country have followed developments. Labeling the criminal indictments "outrageous," an outpouring of support – and financial contributions to the TNA Legal Defense Fund – has continued.

As the nation's largest nursing association, ANA joined forces with TNA, one of its constituent member associations, in July of 2009 to strongly criticize and raise the alarm about the criminal charges and the fact that the results from this case could have a lasting and negative impact on future nurse whistle blowers.

"ANA is relieved and satisfied that Anne Mitchell (RN) was vindicated and found not guilty on these outrageou
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