Last week I talked about RaDonda Vaught getting her day in court. However, I forgot to note at that time that The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA) has a position paper regarding criminal prosecution of healthcare providers for unintentional human error. TAANA believes that, “the criminal prosecution of health care providers for unintentional error endangers patients, demoralizes providers, accelerates accidents in clinical practice, exacerbates the shortage of … [Read more...]
RADONDA VAUGHT’S DAY IN COURT
In a previous article, I reported on RaDonda Vaught, a Tennessee nurse who was ordered to give versed to a patient undergoing a PET scan but instead administered vecuronium through a medication mix-up. As a result, she was arrested and has criminal charges pending for reckless homicide. This matter has been concerning because this clearly is medical malpractice but, can it also be involuntary manslaughter? If a jury finds Radonda guilty of reckless homicide, wouldn’t you agree that it … [Read more...]
Polarity Between Medical and Nursing Boards
In California, there was a proposed legislation that would add 2 seats so that a majority of members for the Medical Licensing Board would be consumers rather than doctors. This is an interesting proposition. However, in my experience, the consumer Board member does not contribute as much because they haven’t worked in the nurses’ or the doctors’ shoes. Evidently, the public is very suspicious of the Medical Board in California because of several complaints by patients against doctors … [Read more...]
NURSES’ REFUSAL OF COVID VACCINES
I had great trepidation to write this article because it is so controversial among many nurses. However, in my desire to share with you real world happenings, I chose to go ahead to write about this subject. Houston Methodist Hospital’s Jennifer Bridges, R.N., has worked with COVID patients since the pandemic began. She would assist patients to a window to see family members and at times hold a phone to their faces while family members spoke with them, many for the last time. She suffered … [Read more...]
A HUGE NURSING SHORTAGE
Anyone interested in making money in Georgia? Piedmont Healthcare is offering sign-on bonuses of up to $30,000 to attract nurses to their employ. That hospital system has been relying on expensive travel nurses to treat their patients but instead is now making a concentrated effort to put together their own staff. Many other health systems are offering sign-on bonuses such as Penn State Health’s offer of $15,000; and Baptist Health Systems which is presently offering a … [Read more...]
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