The Jury Got It Wrong: Sedation Without Consent and Silencing The Family

You may have heard the name Grace Schara — a 19-year-old girl with Down syndrome who walked into a hospital with COVID… and never walked out.
Her case became the first COVID-related hospital death to go before a jury. And yet, even after a mountain of evidence — including a Do Not Resuscitate order placed without consent, ICU-level sedation given without family knowledge, and her father being forcibly removed from the hospital — the jury ruled: no wrongdoing.
But now, a record stands — because an expert nurse took the stand and exposed what really happened. In this multi-part series, we break down the 13 ethical breaches identified in Grace’s case… one by one.
This episode (Part 2 of 6) exposes two more violations of the nursing Code of Ethics:
🔹 Ignoring Family-Centered Care: Despite clear signs of the father’s distress, no effort was made to involve a social worker, provide emotional support, or include the family in care planning. This eroded trust, widened the communication gap, and blocked critical collaboration.
🔹 Failure to Communicate Sedative Risks: The medical team failed to inform the family of oversedation concerns related to Precedex — a powerful ICU drug. This denied the POA the right to make informed decisions and delayed life-saving intervention.
These are not isolated oversights — they are violations of core nursing provisions:
● Provision 1: Respect for human dignity

● Provision 3: Advocacy for patient rights

● Provision 6: Promoting safe environments

● Provision 7: Applying evidence-based standards in care

Join us as we continue to expose what really happened to Grace — and what every nurse, patient, and advocate must learn from it.
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Watch Part 1: https://rumble.com/v6wi23c-jury-got-it-wrong-when-nurses-fail-the-family-too.html