Wuzzie

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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    While appreciate what your trying to do the problem is that it wasn't just the 5 rights she didn't follow. If I remember correctly there were at least 12 different points she failed to recognize or...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Because all of those jobs require a reasonable amount of critical thinking and reading comprehension neither of which has RV
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Did I call you
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Oh please...none of us are being unreasonable just because we disagree with
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    @MacNinni123 I should not have used the word "wrong". I should have used "misinformed". My
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    First, you weren't clear with what you meant by "AllNurses's Query" as that is not a term used around here so we had absolutely no idea you were basing your opinion on email blurbs of information....
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Although I completely agree with the criminal charges I think many of us would have more sympathy for RV if it wasn't for her behavior after the
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I prefer to direct my compassion toward the people most affected. The family of Charlene
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    She wasn't a "floater" she was a resource person on her own unit. An extra nurse because they were over staffed. Blanket requirements for a 2 person override is not the solution and will cause...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I promise when you read the reports you will understand that this was not a run of the mill "slip
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Which is why she wasn't charged with murder. None of us do. We just don't think she should be allowed to practice as a nurse ever again. FTR those of us who supported charges did not...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I think you might get a better picture of what happened if you read the CMS and TBI reports. They would clarify things for you and correct some misinformation (the patient did not have a brain injury...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    But they did. She just ignored it. If you're talking about the med scanning though they were in process. These kind of systems don't just happen overnight. Getting them on line takes time. You can't...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    If you've read the CMS and TBI reports would you be comfortable with her caring for one of your loved
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Vanderbilt was upgrading to med scanning but it had not made it to radiology at the time of the event. It was completed 2 weeks after. The upgrade had caused some issues with EPIC communicating with...
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    Turbulence and Turmoil in Nursing

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Noise can also add to this turbulence and actually impact our health
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Did the pilot in the Colgan crash power up the aircraft, skip every single one of the safety checks, decide on his own what runway he was going to use and when he was going to take off and then once...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Always good to be open to learning but remember you have a brain too. Nobody will ever fault you for using your nursing judgment to provide more than the bare minimum that any policy provides. Your...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Who made her ignore the multiple warnings? Who made her not read the vial? Who made her slam the medication and walk
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Except you read it wrong. The TBI didn't say Vanderbilt was at fault. The TBI agent said the the Health Department felt that way not the TBI. The TBI only investigated RVs
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Vanderbilt is responsible for their behavior after the incident. RV is 100% responsible for her actions. She knew the 5 rights. She chose not to follow them. You have proved
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Page 6 of the TBI RV admits that she shouldn't have used the override feature. Page 7 of the CMS shows that the medication was verified 10 minutes prior to her attempt to pull it. When a med is...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    If they agreed with you she wouldn't have been charged, indicted, prosecuted and found
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    No she didn't. She didn't know that Midazolam was the generic for Versed. That's why she overrode it and she didn't even need to. It was already in the patient's profile. No it wasn't. The...
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    Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Wuzzie replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    The correct medication was in the patient's profile 10 minutes prior to RVs attempt to pull it. She didn't need to