Nevada nurse a child mental health facility faces 60 charges of child abuse and neglect

A Nye County, Nevada, youth behavioral treatment facility nurse faces 60 charges of child abuse and neglect from incidents dating back to August 2021.

The Nye County Sheriff’s Office filed a report detailing an investigation into the Never Give Up Youth Healing Center, which was launched in August 2021.

Investigators learned that Christina Mendoza, a nurse and mandatory reporter at the facility, failed to provide necessary treatment and supervision to her patients.

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Mendoza was also accused of injuring her patients, according to the report, giving them facial bruises, bumps on their foreheads, and what reportedly looked like carpet burns on the patients’ cheeks and jaws as a result of them being restrained by staff members.

The report claims one patient who was restrained by a staff member suffered a fractured toe that was not evalua...