Brown Law Office

  • Home
  • How We Can Help
    • Services + Benefits
      • Investigation
      • Personal Appearance
      • Charges
      • Probation or Suspension
      • Employment Matters
    • License Protection
    • Employment Matters
    • Contract Matters
  • Our Team
  • Resources
    • Articles
    • Blog
    • Why Should I Hire An Attorney?
  • What Clients Say
  • Media
    • Media Kit
    • In The News
  • FAQ
  • Tell Us Your Story
  • Continuing Education Websites
You are here: Home / Archives for Tennessee

Privacy Is Everything

June 4, 2020 by LORIE A BROWN, R.N., M.N., J.D. 1 Comment

This past week, a Maryville, Tennessee, nurse was fired for allegedly posting racist and violent messages through her Facebook account.

It was later learned that she could not have made the comments because hospital security footage showed that she was in a patient’s room at the approximate time the comments were made.

Then it was learned that the horrible posts were composed by her fiancé on her social media account.  He even went to the hospital to tell officials that it was he rather than the nurse who had written the posts.  The fiancé claimed that he sent the messages because somebody sent the nurse a rude message first.

Nevertheless, the nurse was terminated from her position and referred to the Tennessee Board of Nursing for investigation.

The concern of the hospital was that comments made on a social media site by an employer reflected poorly on the organization and does not reflect the code of conduct and values for the hospital.

Now, the nurse is concerned not only about her ability to find another job but, due to the racial content of and backlash to the messages, for her personal safety as well as that of her own 2 children.

Since the incident, she and her fiancé have parted ways and she has sought protective orders against him.  [Click here for article]

I can never stress enough how important it is to maintain your privacy and security by keeping your passwords private and share them with no one!  If you share a computer at home, do not save your passwords as others might post on your behalf.

Your privacy is the one thing that is truly yours.  Therefore, respect it and do not share passwords or allow people access to your computer, even your children.  You never know what they might write on your wall and it could become a quite troublesome problem.

You are a professional and everything you do reflects on you.  Unfortunately, this nurse paid the terrible price of losing her job and being reported to the Board.

As nurses we are caregivers and sometimes the personal relationships, we may find ourselves involved in are not the healthiest.  We believe that the other person needs us so we continue the relationship.

Please, if you are in an unhealthy relationship, get the help you need to end it.

 

Share
0
Share
0
Share
0
Share
0
Share
0
Share
0
Share
0

Filed Under: Employment, License Protection, Newsletter, Workplace Issues Tagged With: board of nursing, EmpoweredNurses.org, Facebbok, hospital policy, investigation, Lorie Brown, Maryville, messages, nurse, Nurse Attorney, passwords, Privacy, private, racist, social media, Tennessee, termination, violent

Fatal Medication Error Update

October 24, 2019 by LORIE A BROWN, R.N., M.N., J.D. 1 Comment

The nurse from Tennessee who made a horrific medication error, RaDonda Vaught, was originally told there would be no charges against her nursing license.  Regardless, the Tennessee Board of Nursing since has proceeded to file charges.

I reported RaDonda’s story to you here wherein she accidently gave a patient vecuronium instead Versed which resulted in death.  Criminal charges against her are pending.  And on September 27, 2019, the Board filed charges against RaDonda Vaught’s nursing license.  The Board matter will likely be continued because when a nurse has a criminal charge pending, most attorneys advise the nurse to take the Fifth Amendment to protect her Constitutional right against self-incrimination.

I find the excessive delay in the Board filing actions against her license to be very concerning.  The Board can file charges when a violation of the Nurse Practice Act has allegedly been committed.  Clearly, RaDonda Vaught did violate the Nurse Practice Act by her fatal medication error.

As I stated previously, I don’t think a nurse should have criminal charges filed against her license for negligence, an unintentional act.  Clearly, RaDonda breached the standard of care resulting in death.

However, this matter is properly before the Board of Nursing and if the patient’s family chose to file a medical malpractice action.  It is sad when a nurse is doing her job, albeit incompetently, can end up with a criminal charge.

If you would like to review the charges against RaDonda’s license, click here.

What are your thoughts about the Tennessee Board of Nursing filing charges against RaDonda Vaught’s license?  Should the Board be able to file charges after telling her that no charges would be filed?  I would love to hear your comments below.

 

Share
0
Share
0
Share
0
Share
0
Share
0
Share
0
Share
0

Filed Under: Employment, License Protection, Newsletter, Workplace Issues Tagged With: board of nursing, criminal charges, fatal, medication error, negligence, Nurse Practice Act, nursing board, nursing license, RaDonda Vaught, standard of care, Tennessee

BLOG CATEGORIES

  • License Protection
  • Employment
  • Workplace Issues
  • Nursing & Healthcare License Defense – Brown Law Office
  • License Protection
  • Employment Matters
  • Contract Matters
  • Our Team
  • Resources
    • Articles
    • Blog
    • Why Should I Hire an Attorney?
  • What Clients Say
  • Tell Us Your Story
  • FAQ
  • Disclaimer
Avvo brown
Lawyer Lorie Brown | Lawyer Licensing
Brown Law Office is a national law firm with its principal office in Indianapolis, Indiana, as well as relationships with nurse attorneys and other attorneys throughout the country. We can serve you in person, by phone or Skype.
TRU tv American BroadcastingCompanyAbout.comTAANAIndyStarAllNurses

Contact Information

317- 465-1065
844-Nurse Attorney
Toll Free: 844-687-7328
info@Brownlaw1.com

Attorney Advertising

Copyright Brown Law Office, P.C.

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • google +
  • youtube

Copyright © 2022 · Outreach Pro on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in