Crow31

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

   Crow31 replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   OMG, I guess I it's my fault for mentioning her in my post. Oh, well people can't see the big picture of what's happening and that's not my fault. ?‍♀️

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

   Crow31 replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   This is my last time I comment about this case. These kinds of incidents come to find out are not that uncommon and so she isn't as much of an outlier as you might think. So... if you can't understand what that means don't bother reading further. Th...

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

   Crow31 replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the input. I needed to know the difference between reckless homicide and negligent homicide. ?

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

   Crow31 replied to Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, is this right that the family didn’t know about the actual cause of death until a year later? Does anyone know if hospital administration overseeing the medication error or the physician overseeing her care are getting criminally charged for wit...

5. Nurse Charged With Homicide

   Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Look at the article Juan de la cruz replied to me about med errors of inattentional-blindness. If that's a thing, then crud. The only thing I can think of is that certain medications for sure need hard stops and a second RN.

6. Nurse Charged With Homicide

   Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks again for sharing. I wonder if anyone will bring inattentional-blindness into the courtroom. Super scary even for those who are being careful. I see more why certain medications need that second nurse and maybe my suggestion of a hard stop? ?

7. Nurse Charged With Homicide

   Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   That's awesome and hard work too. I wonder if you aren't on something there about a possible downside of all the technology. Maybe it takes some of the thinking out of medication administration? Especially when you are trying to cut corners when you'...

8. Nurse Charged With Homicide

   Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   Woah, wait! I was trying to prevent unintentional med errors. If someone wants a medication like a paralytic with the intent of harm well there isn't a whole lot you can do especially if they work in a unit that has access. By the way that person sho...

9. Nurse Charged With Homicide

   Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   We'll just have to agree to disagree on this one. In a way all med errors are "reckless" not just the ones that end in death. Trust me, this is a huge wake up call for me. I no longer work in an area that this magnitude of a med error could occur. I ...

10. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    To answer the question the article originally was asking, I would suggest maybe a specific override code for paralytic medications. In hopes this may decrease the human error chance a bit because we all know that alarm fatigue is a real thing. (where...

11. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for sharing. This is a bit more helpful. I guess to know this kind of case isn't the first time kind of puts my decision into perspective. I've worked in all kinds of areas. Including an ER where medications were not scanned. Right now I w...

12. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    You're completing missing the point. Think about it. This isn't about her. This is about the charges brought against her. When you make your first med error let me know how you think about what she did. You'll learn all medication errors are made in ...

13. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    OH MY GOSH THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! His second video has been my whole point all along. Reading this responses and the responses people had to my comments was fr...

14. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for your response. I appreciate the definition of reckless homicide. Really does scare me though because really all medication errors could fit in that definition if they lead to death. Just a side note though, I was told by coworkers that ...

15. Nurse Charged With Homicide

    Crow31 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I've been thinking more about this. Can anyone tell me why this is a criminal charge instead of malpractice? Is there more to this than just a medication error leading to death? Was she intentional in trying to hurt this person or something else that...