Ray Southwell

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1. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

   Ray Southwell replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   Recognizing the potential of failure and change the system. Simple fix for a rare

2. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

   Ray Southwell replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   It has been my experience the further a nurse is removed from the delivery of care the less likely they understand the stressors that continue to plague nursing. Frequently management has lost touch...

3. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

   Ray Southwell replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   I keep seeing the refusal on how to improve the delivery of care. Most of the comments I see are the same I heard at the end of my nursing career. No need to change current practices. Just follow...

4. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

   Ray Southwell replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah. Lets throw her in prison. That will help improve patient safety. Or will it chill future nurses of sharing their failures so others can learn. Experience is the best teacher. Sharing...

5. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

   Ray Southwell replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   Let me try to explain another way. Please refer to the publication of "To Err is Human." Here are some statements: “Errors can be prevented by designing systems that make it hard for people to do...

6. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

   Ray Southwell replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   Not excuses. Looking for improvements in the delivery of healthcare. It has been my experience that it’s usually nurse managers that jump to conclusions, “it’s the nurses fault.” as I have...

7. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

   Ray Southwell replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   I am talking about careless mistakes. Not ignoring a direct order from a person who has only one job, look for that tail hook. As a nurse you would agree nurses have many jobs going on all at the...

8. Tennessee Nurse RaDonda Vaught - Legal Perspectives of Fatal Medication Error

   Ray Southwell replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   As a retired Registered Nurse I may have different comments than most. I spent 36 years as an RN, retiring in 2012. Never in upper management. I only had an Associate Degree in Nursing and did not...