‘I Did as I Was Told’: Nurse Who Failed to Give Sick Child Oxygen Denies Wrongdoing Before She’s Sent to Prison
Security video showed Sharlene Pflugrad silencing the alarm as the child’s oxygen fell to 79%, prosecutors said.
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‘I did as I was told’: Nurse who failed to give sick child oxygen denies wrongdoing before she’s sent to prison
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Court TV) — A nurse accused of disregarding alarms while monitoring a medically vulnerable child who needed oxygen maintained that she followed procedures and did nothing wrong, but failed to convince the judge, who sent her to prison. Sharlene Pflugrad appears in court on Sept. 22, 2026. (Court TV) Sharlene Pflugrad, 65, pleaded no contest to child neglect following an incident at a family’s home in Cape Coral in 2025. Pflugra…
Florida Home Health Nurse Handed Prison Time After Shutting Off Toddler’s Oxygen Monitor
Sharlene Pflugrad, a Fort Myers licensed practical nurse hired to watch a medically fragile child through the night, has been ordered to serve two and a half years in state prison. Judge Bruce Kyle handed down the 30-month sentence Tuesday after Pflugrad entered a no-contest plea to charges connected to the boy’s care. Once released, […] Florida Home Health Nurse Handed Prison Time After Shutting Off Toddler’s Oxygen Monitor
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