PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – A South Florida nurse has been cleared of criminal and administrative charges after previously being accused of abusing a patient.
Shedsie Exceus, then 36, was arrested in 2023 after being accused of slapping and mistreating an autistic patient while employed at Memorial Hospital Pembroke.
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But Broward prosecutors later dropped the charges and Exceus was cleared in a Florida Department of Administration case.
According to an order provided to Local 10 News, an administrative law judge noted a “lack of corroborating evidence” and noted that her “denial of the allegations was not only consistent and credible” but was also “uncontradicted by any direct witness beyond” a patient care assistant.
“Mrs. Exceus considers nursing to be a ‘calling from God’ and has maintained her faith that she would be able to return to her nursing career,” a representative for Exceus said.
Read the order: