In March of 2022, nurse RaDonda Vaught was convicted of giving a 75-year-old woman a fatal dose of the wrong medication. The former Nashville, Tennessee, health care worker stood before a judge this week for her sentencing. Vaught faced a possible six years behind bars, but in a stunning twist, the victim’s family asked the judge to show mercy. Vaught wept openly as she heard words of compassion and forgiveness. She apologized to the victim’s family for the first time.
This right here is why they shouldn’t force nurses, or even doctors, to work these grueling, insane shifts without any sleep, or give them up to 60 patients with no attending doctor. The entire medical industry needs to change.
I was an LPN and I made three med errors in two years. I self-reported them (long story makes it easy to see how they could happen when you’re trying to do more than one person can) and only one error would have been known otherwise. My license was revoked. The Nevada nursing board members told me they don’t make mistakes.
I once accidentally gave the wrong dose of an iron supplement to a young child. It was the one and only mistake I’ve made in my entire career. Nobody was hurt, and the issue was corrected, but I still think about it. I can’t imagine how much worse it would be if my mistake had killed someone. I hope she’s okay.
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