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IF Ms. Vaught is truly "a passionate advocate for safety and improvement," why does she not spend her time doing just that, for free, telling her story, making her mistakes known, fighting for safe warning and placement of meds by pharmacies, etc., ...

Good for you! It does not change the fact that nursing and telephone operating are female-dominated professions...right? But, it would be interesting to know if you have run into other male nurses who can be as spiteful as women can. I do not know w...

RN Summer Seas makes an excellent observation. Unfortunately, what she says is true. However, again unfortunately, it is not just nursing in which this occurs. Many, many years ago...before I became a nurse...I was a telephone operator...another fema...

I agree...my point exactly. Otherwise there IS time to follow the safety rule.

Yes...and if it must be that quick...we have crash carts...

The solution is to take all the steps necessary to assure the safety of the patient,

Several years ago, we had a fire at out facility and all patients in that area were moved to an armory where we practiced MASH nursing for a couple of weeks. No problem.

Not where I practiced ...from Maine to Florida...if over-ride was necessary, one picked up the phone, called pharmacy, and did it together.

I never disagreed with anyone. I simply said the information I received was not enough to base a decision upon.

Wow! I simply posted on what All Nurses presented in its email to me...and clearly said so.

To Klone and any others who wondered what happene-rid to me. I'm still here...but gave up trying to explain myself once I realized no one was paying attention to what I said. Once more...I read ONLY the email from All Nurses giving the background to ...

The fact that she didn't read the label is another piece of info missing from the All Nurses query I see.

So, the meds were allowed to be pulled "the wrong way." Enough said.

There may be a lot of information of which you are aware, and that you may have written of before, but I am only seeing the question and background offered within an All Nurses query. I see nothing about Vaught's background, nor do I see that hospita...

Talked about? Completed? How? Are over-rides still being allowed, encouraged? Over-rides should only be done by the pharmacist.

We do not have enough information to know if Vaught is a "scapegoat" or not. We do know she gave the wrong medication. We also know she used over-ride, which should not be accomplished by any one but the pharmacist. So, if the hospital, as you say al...

I am not surprised at your reply. I expected it from someone. However, I am not making any excuses for any body...nurse or hospital. You have been a nurse for a long time. You have seen what I expressed here. We do not know what Vaught's performance ...

Retired oncology nurse here. I do not believe there is enough information here to make a decision on RaDonda Vaught. Her med error certainly is egregious...the patient died. However, the nursing climate is...and has been...for quite some time, unheal...

It's great that you take your positions seriously....however, I can assure you your situation is not par for the course. I have worked several hospitals and seen over and over how little the unions have done for employees. I am now a 76-year-old ret...

Absolutely! I have a nurse friend who works at a large city hospital.....it has more than 10 CEOs. EACH receives a million dollars a year in bonuses. Nurses with seniority ....and therefore larger paychecks....are being forced out. Inexperienced ...

Absolutely! I have a nurse friend who works at a large city hospital.....it has more than 10 CEOs. EACH receives a million dollars a year in bonuses. Nurses with seniority ....and therefore larger paychecks....are being forced out. Inexperienced ...

This is nothing new. It is no different than use of morphine to control pain in terminally ill patients...which, at the same time eases them on to expiration. The article says all the patients' families had asked that no further lifesaving measures b...

Acuity should be the greatest determiner of staffing ratios. Experience is also extremely important. Therefore, the ratios can be different every day, every shift, and for every nurse. The nurse/patient ratio is a good start, but it sure takes more ...

My daughter had a port installed about 3 months ago, which has not been right since the beginning. Blood return happened easily only once...the first access. Since then, she has had to do the dance, or had tpa instilled. Fluoroscope revealed a tiny c...