Radonda Vaught is charging $10,000 per speaking engagement.

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Or, $7,500 if you just want her virtually. Good to know that negligent homicide is such a lucrative endeavor. 
 

https://www.executivespeakers.com/speaker/radonda-vaught

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toomuchbaloney said:

Error =/= criminal negligence

The facts and details of her case don't reflect medical error, they reflect criminal negligence that resulted in the death of a patient. 

Which part of her conduct was a simple error, in your opinion? 

EXACTLY.  It's no different than Kim Potter being convicted for the shooting death of Daunte Wright when she meant to tase him.  Actually I think RV was more reckless than Potter was — and I wholeheartedly supported Potter's prosecution and conviction 

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feelix said:

Can we leave her well alone and stop resurrecting her for want of something better to discuss?

If you feel that way, why are you still here?

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That she's on a speaker's bureau website (basically a talent agency) is not any indication of her success as a speaker. I really doubt she's making a go out of traveling the speaker's circuit. Traveling nurses make more.  Her story def has a 'use by date'....Who are the groups paying her? If there is a beef, it's with them. 

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offlabel said:

That she's on a speaker's bureau website (basically a talent agency) is not any indication of her success as a speaker. I really doubt she's making a go out of traveling the speaker's circuit. Traveling nurses make more.  Her story def has a 'use by date'....Who are the groups paying her? If there is a beef, it's with them. 

Travel nurses and scab nurses work their butts off day after day - a standard keynote is one hour but more like a therapist's hour than a 60-minute hour, so netting a few to several grand for an hour's work is a sweet gig if you're up for that sort of thing

Also too the travel and adulation is intoxicating, until it becomes a grind but that's avoidable if you're not under intense pressure to stay with it and can be more leisurely in seeking/accepting gigs

$3,000 - $5,000 net x 10 - 15 gigs = $30k - $75k is a decent side gig 

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offlabel said:

That she's on a speaker's bureau website (basically a talent agency) is not any indication of her success as a speaker. I really doubt she's making a go out of traveling the speaker's circuit. Traveling nurses make more.  Her story def has a 'use by date'....Who are the groups paying her? If there is a beef, it's with them. 

Unless I'm wrong, she can't be a nurse anymore.. 

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NurseGerard said:

Travel nurses and scab nurses work their butts off day after day - a standard keynote is one hour but more like a therapist's hour than a 60-minute hour, so netting a few to several grand for an hour's work is a sweet gig if you're up for that sort of thing

Also too the travel and adulation is intoxicating, until it becomes a grind but that's avoidable if you're not under intense pressure to stay with it and can be more leisurely in seeking/accepting gigs

$3,000 - $5,000 net x 10 - 15 gigs = $30k - $75k is a decent side gig 

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Potential earnings mean nothing. How much has this person actually made on the lecture circuit?  We're not talking about Barak Obama here.....

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offlabel said:

Potential earnings mean nothing. How much has this person actually made on the lecture circuit?  We're not talking about Barak Obama here.....

I don't think, for most of us, the issue is her potential earnings. It's the very fact that she's out there passing herself off as a victim of the system and getting anything in return. It's just gross. 

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offlabel said:

Potential earnings mean nothing. How much has this person actually made on the lecture circuit?  We're not talking about Barak Obama here.....

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Wuzzie said:

I don't think, for most of us, the issue is her potential earnings. It's the very fact that she's out there passing herself off as a victim of the system and getting anything in return. It's just gross. 

Have you attended a lecture and are you able to validate she is passing herself as a victim? What is your interest in her life? She did what she did, whether a mistake or negligent act, owned it and was punished. She paid for her sins, now she has a right to make a living doing what pays her best, as long as it is not illegal. But our holier than thou colleagues would rather see her starve, become homeless, prostitute herself, or go on public assistance.

I challenge each and everyone of you snowflakes to take a deep look in the mirror and contemplate the mistakes, negligent acts, and deliberate acts of hurting others you have done yourself and worry about your own salvation.

RV is not a nurse any more because she was deemed unfit for Nurse Role. She was not deemed unfit as a speaker and she has a right to tell her story if people are willing to pay for it.

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feelix said:

But our holier than thou colleagues would rather see her starve, become homeless, prostitute herself, or go on public assistance.

Where exactly did you see any one of us say this? I'd like a direct quote. I'll wait....

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NurseGerard said:

thanks for your comment

You bet!

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