sistrmoon

And so it continues...

And so it continues.

Ohhhhh, I thought you meant Tennessee. Thanks.

Do you have a link about that? I couldn't find anything on the TNA website or elsewhere.

Actually, have you seen her text messages to colleagues about the deaths? Seems like pretty classic attention-seeking. This article shows some of the text messages: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66104004

I was wrong on the price I quoted too. $2500 was just 25% down. 10k a piece.

The cruise.

Oh and I guess the $2500 is just 25% down. At least all the videos say you only have to put 25% down. My math is shaky here, but $10k/person? Here's the activities though.

Here's a link to back up my cruise comment above. She has not only shown a breathtaking lack of remorse but is now using the incident to grift off other nurses. I also checked Nurse Erica's TikTok to confirm because I hoped it wasn't real. https://trovatrip.com/trip/central-america/costa-rica/costa-rica-with-erica-markson-sep-2023

Did you read the CMS report? The way the error was discovered was she had put the syringe with what she thought was versed in it, the leftover amount that had to be wasted, and gave that to another nurse. When all hell broke loose, the other nurse looked at the Med in the bag and said hey, this isn't versed. Radonda wasn't even the one to realize the error and by that point the other nurse and charge nurse were involved. There was no choice but to confess. This really wasn't a noble coming forward.

Lack of self awareness is right. I haven't read all 500 comments in this thread so not sure if it's been mentioned but she and Nurse Erica are now sponsoring a "healing" cruise for $2500 for other nurses to hang out with them.

Even jurors don’t hear or view ALL the evidence. I guess you never have an opinion on any news story whatsoever?

If there had been a full 2 degree increase between pre and post platelet vitals, that would have triggered a transfusion reaction investigation at my previous hospital. That was always the guideline. But it wasn’t a full 2 degrees. The only other possible thing I see is that vitals were done 30 minutes into the blood transfusion and we always did them 15 minutes in but that could vary by facility. I’m curious now though.

I also had recurrent losses, including one in 2nd tri. I worked oncology, so one might think I’d never encounter a pregnant patient, but alas. After my 2nd tri loss, I cared for a patient who had to have a termination before starting chemo, a patient who wasn’t a cancer pt but found out she was pregnant and cried the whole shift because she didn’t want to be pregnant. And one late in pregnancy who was getting chemo and had to get fetal heartbeat checks every shifts. It suuuuuucked. And I cried surreptitiously. But it had to be done. I did realize I could never work L&D, or at least not for a long long time.

Here are the body cam videos: https://www.wxii12.com/article/video-john-neville-camera-footage-from-forsyth-county-detention-center-released/33525806

I didn’t see a post about this case out of North Carolina yet, but I might be missing it. From video footage, it appears 5 detention officers were kneeling on a hog-tied inmate who stated about 30 times that he couldn’t breathe. The prison nurse is seen checking on the inmate. The inmate ends up dying from hypoxia. But somehow she is the one being indicted for involuntary manslaughter but not the 5 officers? https://journalnow.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/no-indictments-for-5-officers-accused-of-killing-john-neville-at-forsyth-jail-grand-jury/article_7f36f92c-b44a-11ec-be5d-6ba1a6a0bc9d.html

I worked on the Onc unit for 13 years. It does have Med surg overflow patients and even some of our own staff nurses weren’t chemo certified. I actually worked there 7 years before I was certified. I always felt uncomfortable getting floated to neuro or post op cardio. But I can’t argue with any of the rest of your assessment (I was always nice to travel nurses though.) Maybe try St. Peter’s. The acuity is lower and they seem to have better support staff/treat their staff with more respect.

Am I a Wuzzie follower? I mean, Wuzzie expresses things well, but here I thought I was an independent person with my own thoughts on the matter. I haven’t seen anyone “unable to defend their position.” If the intent is to get people to drop off the thread one by one with this tone, I think you’ll probably succeed.

Something that didn’t involve just not labeling it a paralyzing agent. COVID is a poor excuse to just stop using important Med labeling like that. Looks like it was allowed for 4 months.

What. The. Heck. I went searching for what remedial actions Vanderbilt took and found this from 2020. Would not have affected this case, but how bad an idea was this? Let’s take the “warning: paralyzing agent” label off the top because COVID. https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-alerts-health-care-professionals-temporary-absence-warning-statement-vial-caps-two-neuromuscular

Pulled, but not administered. They really are two separate pieces of documentation. During emergencies(only then) I have pulled things but not administered them. That was always documented by the person administering it. And how often does a Med get pulled but not administered? Refused, dropped, etc.

Pretty well! It was a huge adjustment schedule and work load wise. I’m treated so much better, normal business hours, 35 hour week. I didn’t even take a paycut like I thought I would. I’ve done COVID testing, vaccination, and case investigation. I’ve been learning about the migrant farm worker health program, immunization, lead, opioid, communicable disease. Just kind of getting a feel of all the different aspects. Stay in touch and let me know how it goes for you.

“While the prosecutor noted that RaDonda did not act with bad intent, he alleged that she did act recklessly. However, ISMP believes her actions were either unintentional (human error) or at-risk behaviors, not reckless behaviors. RaDonda could not have consciously disregarded a substantial and unjustifiable risk—a requirement for reckless behavior—because she had no idea that she had made a mistake. She did not read the front of the medication label due to either a momentary distraction (error) or an unsafe practice habit (at-risk behavior). Furthermore, the Board did not determine whether RaDonda saw the risk associated with her behavior as substantial and disregarded it, and whether her internal risk monitor fired—that little voice that creeps into our conscious thoughts and lets us know we are in danger. When an individual is engaged in at-risk behavior, their internal risk monitor is silent.” I really regret reading ISMP’s takes on this situation. This is some impressive doublespeak. A substantial risk is inherent in any medication administration, and a minimally trained nurse is aware of it. Calling it “Unsafe practice behavior” or “at-risk behavior” doesn’t change anything about this case except making it seem like they are an inexperienced defense attorney really grasping at straws to excuse the behavior.

Radonda herself said she was not overtired or understaffed, and was comfortable in her role. Go read the TBI/CMS reports and listen to the BON hearing.

Wow, they need to do way better than that headline. “Family of victim killed.” I was like WHAT?