Christina Mendoza, the nurse who was charged with child abuse and neglect was reportedly failed to give proper care and treatment to the patients. She was also accused of injuring her patients due to being restrained, some patients have bruises and bumps on foreheads and another one was put into a secluded room without supervision of an adult or staff.
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A nurse in a youth behavioral treatment facility in Nye County, Nevada, was charged of child abuse and neglect way back august 2021. It was said that she was not treating her patients with utmost care and concern.
The county sheriff conducted investigation with the Never Give Up Youth Healing Center which was founded also in 2021. It was revealed that Christina Mendoza, the nurse who is in-charge with the facility, failed to provide proper care and treatment to the patients.
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What’s Happening inside the Facility?
The patients also incurred bruises and bumps in the face and forehead, burn marks in cheeks and jaws as a result of being forcefully controlled by the staffs. Another one claimed that a patient ruptured a toe and was then only checked after a month of the incident. Same patient, who turned 18, was secluded in a room away from the other patient and wasn’t allowed to talk to anyone for about 2 months, when clearly the facility doesn’t have a license to house adults.
There is other one who suffered severe stomach problem that required a specialist but instead given only diet foods prepared in the facility. The child was 105 pound when arriving but went down to 64 pounds, the mother immediately took the child and brought to the hospital and accordingly the organs were two days away from ceasing.
Furthermore, it was found out that Mendoza is administering sedatives to children even not needed and without parental consent. Thus, the investigation concluded that due to these circumstances Mendoza aggravated the emotional suffering and caused unjustifiable pain to the patients.
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