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Nurse Convicted: Sentenced to Probation

May 15, 2022 Grace Reyes

RaDonda Vaught, the former Tennessee (TN) nurse, was sentenced to three-year probation yesterday. The jury of her peers found her guilty of two felonies related to a fatal medication error. Ms. Murphey died as a result of that error. Subsequently, the TN Board of Nursing revoked Vaught’s nursing license. Read more about the details of this case here, here, and here. Nurses who traveled to TN for this sentencing hailed the decision. Most of them claimed that she shouldn’t have…

Nurse Convicted: Five Reasons Why It Could Be Me

April 18, 2022 Grace Reyes

So much has already been written and said about RaDonda Vaught. She was the nurse convicted in Tennessee. The conviction was because she gave the wrong medication that caused a patient’s death. In this blog, we have already explored the implications of this case to the profession. We have also analyzed the systemic factors that may have contributed to the series of mistakes. However, isn’t it worth reflecting on the five reasons why it could also happen to us? Reason…

Nurse Convicted: Its Implication to Nursing and Healthcare

April 3, 2022 Grace Reyes

The original intention of this blog is to help foreign-educated nurses navigate through the nursing practice once they migrate abroad. With that said, I honestly feel that this story of a nurse convicted due to a medication error warrants a discussion since not everyone understands the legal process here in the United States. Needless to say, this impacts the practice of current and future nurses in all settings as well as the totality of healthcare. I will cite as many…

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