A nurse at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow...

A nurse at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow was assaulted by a patient, police say. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr.

An East Meadow woman was arrested Thursday evening and charged with assault after police said she punched a nurse in the face, breaking her glasses, after her request for a discharge was not granted.

Nassau County police said April Gologorsky, 47, became enraged when a registered nurse at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow declined to process her discharge papers — leading to a verbal argument that became physical when Gologorsky “with a closed fist struck the victim in the face, breaking her glasses, causing a laceration to her face and substantial pain.” The incident happed at about 6:30 p.m., police said.

It was not immediately clear why Gologorsky was at NUMC — or why the nurse, who is 45 years old but whose name was not released — had declined to process her discharge papers.

Police said officers arrested Gologorsky at the scene, charging her with second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal mischief.

She will be arraigned once medically practical, police said.

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