re: Thoughts on the RaDonda Vaught (nurse convicted of negligent homicide) trial?

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Thoughts on the RaDonda Vaught

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WNHI

i need a lot more info than presented here.

was the order written out and clearly presented to her or was this a verbal order from superior who may have said the wrong thing?

Why is the vecuronium, a paralytic agent, not under stricter guidance by the pharmacy and key checks in place of dispensing. Paralytics are only used in very specific cases. VERSED is midazolam, a moderately strong sedative/anesthetic, they arent even close.

what other checks and balances were in place and skirted?

So, she was a relatively new nurse (in practice about 2 years), was training a student, and was given a verbal order for IV midazolam stat? I wonder what the level of chaos was in the unit where she was working.

New nurses are often thrown into situations of poor training, heavy workloads, and poorly managed units. A lot of nurses look back to their first jobs and think “Thank God i didn’t kill anyone”, because they were probably thrown in over their heads in the beginning. To an experienced and competent nurse, this error is inexcusable, but how was this inexperienced and incompetent one allowed to do this on her own, with no checks or balances?

She should have known better and definitely a fatal error such as this should be met with a loss of her license (forever) and the family should win a large civil judgment from the hospital, but i disagree with jail and criminal charges. Why even have licensing boards and civil actions if you are just going to have everyone arrested and jailed like common criminals?

Same with cops, too, btw. For example, the lady who reached for her gun instead of her taser. A fatal error made in the heat of the moment, but not intentional. In going through the motions of what she thought was correct performance of her job, she made a wrong move.

Versed is labeled as Midazolam. Now if the machine was loaded incorrectly as Vercuronium was stocked in the Versed slot then that sucks. I don't know the details but as a RN, she shouldn't have fricked that up. Always always double check what you pull from the Pyxsis machine.

There is “accident” and there is “pure fricking negligence”.


And I’m pretty sure nurses have a lot of issues disclosing their own errors as of now, regardless of what these individuals say. They just don’t want to get their arse caught in a sling when being careless catches up with them.

Trust the experts!

She walks vandy is a dirty whore when the onion is pealed back

Wasn't even 1% as negligent as Richard Levine, and he got promoted.

Wood

Happens everyday in multiple professions. It’s about time we started holding “professionals” responsible for their mistakes.