Wikipedia -WSS

Wikipedia

author：leisure time 2025-08-03 03:30:53 - browse：5169

nurse RaDonda Vaught — RaDonda Vaught sits in a courtroom ahead of her sentencing in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday, May 13, 2022. Nicole Hester/The Tennessean via AP, Pool

Speaking before a virtual audience of CommonSpirit Health employees, RaDonda Vaught, the former nurse who accidentally killed a patient by administering the wrong medication, listed the outside factors she claims contributed to her fatal error. Among them: a missing drug order, a faulty medication dispenser, and a hurricane that hampered the drug supply.

A Tennessee judge convicted Vaught of two felonies in 2022, and the controversial case became a rallying cry for nurses who warned it would discourage clinicians from admitting mistakes. Her closely watched trial centered on both the human errors and the shortcomings at Vanderbilt University Medical Center that may have contributed to the 75-year-old patient’s death in 2017. But in her Zoom presentation on Tuesday, Vaught spent more time emphasizing the latter.

During her talk, Vaught acknowledged having made the critical error of pulling the wrong drug for the patient, Charlene Murphey. But even after selecting the paralyzing agent vecuronium instead Versed, the sedative the patient had been prescribed, Vaught admitted she had other chances to check her work, such as looking more closely at the vial.

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： Affirmative action in medical school literally saved lives
Next article： What drug price negotiations mean for Medicare Part D

focus

entertainment

WSS

Wellcome Trust’s new CEO hopes Big Tech gets more involved in public health

A rare thyroid diagnosis led to unexpected, all

Arc Institute generative AI designs new CRISPR systems

NIH nominee Bertagnolli will get October confirmation hearing

Can we make enough H5N1 bird flu vaccine if there's a pandemic?

Advances in CAR

hotspot

Wikipedia

explore

BioMarin wins approval for gene therapy to treat hemophilia A

With measles on the rise, a personal story of a devastating disease

In age of alternative facts, a scholarly course on calling out crap

Helping hospitals and community health centers plan for resilience

Tori Bowie and the unacceptable rates of Black maternal death

A rare thyroid diagnosis led to unexpected, all

Medical records are filled with copy

Addiction experts warn against a second 'war on drugs'

Bright Health sells Medicare Advantage business to Molina

Bird flu: Don't repeat Covid's 'health versus the economy' framing

knowledge

Case highlights the risks of experimental stem cell therapy

Wearables generate powerful data but its not useful to doctors, yet

Arc Institute generative AI designs new CRISPR systems

A rare thyroid diagnosis led to unexpected, all

Second House panel advances two

Ethical issues complicate the benefits of medical crowdfunding

explore

focus

entertainment

focus