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A Cedar Rapids nurse did not commit elder abuse, a state appellate court ruled last month, saying a state regulator who brought the allegations failed to show its work.
The case was brought by Elizabeth Babka, a nurse at St. Luke s Hospital in Cedar Rapids who challenged a finding by the director of the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals that she had abused a patient while working an overnight shift on New Year s Eve in 2017.
A district judge upheld the department s ruling, but the Court of Appeals reversed the lower court s ruling, saying in an April decision that we do not find her behavior constitutes an intentional act or reckless disregard for the patient.