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1. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

   Will probably make people pause when they peel off a warning label that says "PARALYTIC PARALYTIC PARALYTIC PARALYTIC PARALYTIC" Even if she is found guilty I doubt she'll do time. She's either being charged with a class D or E felony. No prior...

2. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

   We're both wanting to be polite...sometimes we don't see what the other writes as so polite though. I think I've had more tolerance than some others about things we disagree on. But, I will try to do better. ? I would like to hear more about what go...

3. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

   Oh. Then replace my bolded phrase above with "in well-meaning efforts to do their jobs and not hurt anyone". So no, ideal work conditions would not change how I feel about criminal charges. And yes, I feel that way about anybody not just nurses. I th...

4. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

   The district attorney has made it very clear why RV is being charged and for whatever reason....you keep ignoring this very important and significant difference. I haven't ignored it...maybe you've ignored my opinions about it. We just disagree. By...

5. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

   What I bolded in your post is one of my points. Nurses have to quit or be willing to be fired in order to 100% adhere to standards of practice at many or even most nursing jobs (but even in ideal conditions they can't guarantee 100% because that woul...

6. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

   I highly recommend to those of you who want the board to act differently -- well then get more involved and fix the BON. Because you could say the same thing about the criminal justice system. If they don't deliver the verdict and punishment you deem...

7. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

   I don't know what led RV to fail in the ways she did but can imagine plenty more possible causes than just assuming "only happened because of...". I think she should be held accountable for her failings to the BON rather than criminal court, which is...

8. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

   Yes! Quit or be willing to be fired rather than work in such a place. That is what we should. Easier said than done for sure, and I don't know what advice to give those who need that job to stay in their house or feed their kids...do you? I haven't s...

9. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

   mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

   It makes sense to defend nurses involved in accidents from criminal charges if you think the BON should handle accidents and the criminal court should be reserved for malicious criminals. Of course, you have a right to not think this. If you're truly...

10. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

    mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

    YES on much greater regulatory oversight of health care facilities being necessary! Just one of endless regulations we could think of to improve safety would be: mandated maximum number of patients to allow nurses to better care for each patient and ...

11. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

    mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

    Well, shoot, I just replied in another thread called 'I hope this is not the latest trend' -- can we please just pick one thread when it's a long post and if you want to comment in another thread, re-write your points in a new way so at least it's no...

12. I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    mtnNurse. replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    I've wanted to stick to just talking about nursing rather than including other occupations because I don't know how well other jobs compare to nursing jobs, regarding how in many (most?) nursing jobs, the nurse would have to quit or be willing to be ...

13. I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    mtnNurse. replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU for speaking up about the reality that many nurses are dealing with all over the country, whether it's LTC or hospitals or other facilities that make money the bottom line over patients and employees! I really wish more people would speak u...

14. RaDonda Vaught's Arraignment - Guilty or Not of Reckless Homicide and Patient Abuse?

    mtnNurse. replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Headlines

    Thank you for posting this to further the discussion of a case for which there is much to be learned. It should be the BON's job and not the DA's or criminal court's to determine how RV should be held accountable for failing in all the ways she did ...

15. I Hope This is Not the Latest Trend

    mtnNurse. replied to PhyllisMSN's topic in General Nursing

    I told you that I posted that with the best intentions. It was beginning to sound like maybe you were having a terrible experience with staffing issues at your job. I never said you can't post your opinions. There is no need to get testy. I have been...