Can you imagine seeing on social media a picture of a baby that was born with gastroschisis, a congenital disorder where the infant is born with the intestines outside the body? That is what happened with a photo containing the caption of “My night was going great, then BOOM!” A neonatal care unit nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Florida decided to post this baby’s photograph and caption on Facebook without the consent of the parents or the hospital. Clearly, this is a HIPAA … [Read more...]
No Vaccine May Equal No License
The Oregon State Board of Nursing proposed new rules that would require nurses to be vaccinated as a condition for being licensed. Similarly, the Quebec Order of Nurses announced that their nurses must be vaccinated or face suspension of their medical licenses. I can understand if your employer requires you to be vaccinated as that gives you the choice to either work for them or not. Besides, you can always get another job elsewhere. Nevertheless, to take away all your choices to … [Read more...]
Do Peer Assistance Programs Support Nursing?
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...]
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...]
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