UNDERWOOD, Justice.
Gloria Porter had been employed at the Medical Center Hospital of Vermont in Burlington as a registered nurse for over two years. On June 15, 1978, she came on duty at 3:30 P.M. on Patrick 4 (the neurosurgery floor) as the nurse in charge on that floor for the evening shift. It was her duty to check on each patient and to administer the 4:00 P.M. medications. Patrick 4 was at capacity that afternoon, with 24 patients, and was a very active unit...
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