In a recent article on MedPage Today the question is asked, “Are peer assistance programs defective and harmful to nurses”? The article specifically discussed recent issues regarding the recovery and monitoring program (“RAMP”) in New Jersey. RAMP discussed how nurses cannot work during the intake process, which can take up to 90 days, after which a decision is made when a nurse can return to work. It also discussed how costly RAMP is in that those nurses must pay a monitoring fee as … [Read more...]
RADONDA VAUGHT LOSES HER LICENCE
As we have been following the story of RaDonda Vaught for some time, we’ve learned that she had her hearing before the Tennessee Board of Nursing. She made a medication error causing death. Ms. Vaught did the right thing by admitting to the error and taking responsibility for it but she also pointed out contributing factors from Vanderbilt such as the computer system linking to the medication cabinet was slow and nurses were told via email to override the safeguards so they could get … [Read more...]
Criminal Prosecution of Healthcare Providers
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...]
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