Bitter Justice: Why the Criminal Convictions of Clinicians May Be in Our Best Interests
The Case
RaDonda Vaught was a 39-year old registered nurse serving as the "help-all" nurse (for which there is no specific job description) at Vanderbilt University Hospital on Dec. 26, 2017. She also had an orientee. She was asked to go down to Radiology PET scan and administer the medication Versed to 75-year old Charlene Murphey who had been hospitalized for a subdural hematoma, because she was not able to tolerate the PET scan procedure or else they would have to send the patient back and reschedule it.
She pulled the medication from the Pyxis and put the medication vial in a baggie and…
The skinny
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