The nurse was not present when the gun was detected in the hospital’s emergency room. Another nurse seized the gun and turned it over to security, a hospital guard told police, according to ABC affiliate WLNE.
The nurse was taken into custody and charged with possession of a firearm without a license.
“Yesterday a nonsecurity professional was found to have brought a firearm into one of our hospitals while on duty, and as a result was terminated for violation of Lifespan policy,” a spokesperson for Providence-based Lifespan, which operates The Miriam Hospital, told WPRI.
