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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NurseGerard said:

that's an issue of individual behavior, I was talking about systemic / structural issues

also too all 4 theories can be true at the same time 

We are seeing right now a level of group gullibility and cult behavior that we've never seen in this country.  

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NurseGerard said:

AFAIK she has no remaining legal bills, GFM raised $200k+/- and fines referenced above were covered with money raised under 48 hours; the judge did not order restitution in her sentencing; it appears she and her husband own a farm to raise and sell produce, eggs, pasture raised meat etc, and now she's getting paid speaking gigs at $5k+ net for an hour 

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/21657469/charlene-marie-murphey

Poignant. 

toomuchbaloney said:

We are seeing right now a level of group gullibility and cult behavior that we've never seen in this country.  

Synanon was merely pesky compared to the cult of MAGA today.  

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toomuchbaloney said:

We are seeing right now a level of group gullibility and cult behavior that we've never seen in this country.  

yeop - two cult essentials

1 - shared identity

2 - venerated figurehead

add a sense of grievance and you're on your way!

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subee said:

Poignant. 

Synanon was merely pesky compared to the cult of MAGA today.  

Exactly! To say nothing of the mass delusion of the Gender/Climate/Race cult. It's like hallucinogens are in the drinking water.

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NurseGerard said:

AFAIK she has no remaining legal bills, GFM raised $200k+/- and fines referenced above were covered with money raised under 48 hours; the judge did not order restitution in her sentencing; it appears she and her husband own a farm to raise and sell produce, eggs, pasture raised meat etc, and now she's getting paid speaking gigs at $5k+ net for an hour 

https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/21657469/charlene-marie-murphey

100 % LEGEND.

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offlabel said:

Exactly! To say nothing of the mass delusion of the Gender/Climate/Race cult. It's like hallucinogens are in the drinking water.

I'm not certain about hallucinogens, but there's definitely lead, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, and PFOS in our dwindling supply of public water.  People definitely feel cranky and irritable when they are living record breaking weather extremes with sometimes very unreliable energy infrastructure to help them.  

"Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted."

-Aldous Huxley, Brave New World

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Wuzzie said:

Have you read the TBI report? 

Only an egregiously incompetent and careless nurse could possibly have done what she did. 

We need to be careful about our judgment—things can come around and kick us in the... very easily. Sometimes, we all make stupid mistakes- we just have to pray that the consequences are not as devastating as hers. We also need to be careful about the punishments assigned to those errors-- this case set a scary precedent for nurses everywhere. We are all now capable of being convicted felons for our mistakes. This is a travesty for the nursing profession, where we hold patients' lives in our hands daily. So many other occupations do not have such life-threatening consequences. However, we can never be sure exactly how one mistake will affect a person's future. Your or my mistake can potentially begin a cascade of events that lead to a person's ultimate demise- it just might not be as immediate as the above-stated situation. All that to say, be careful about sitting in judgment of your fellow nurse. There was no intent to harm behind her mistake. It was simply that ... a mistake with tragic consequences.

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Jill Phemister said:

There was no intent to harm behind her mistake. It was simply that ... a mistake with tragic consequences

a jury said it was gross neglect of an impaired adult and negligent homicide

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Vanderbilt's actions were reprehensible, yes! This was a perfect storm. This is not to say that the nurse was not part of that storm and should not have suffered consequences- because she should, and we can agree to disagree on the fact that I believe her charges will change the profession of nursing irrevocably. However, other hospital facilities also removed checks and balance systems to prevent these mistakes. Should everyone involved with this error not be held accountable to some extent, with some being more severe than others, but accountable all the same? And what about the fact that she self-reported? Will this case make you think twice about reporting an error or mistake? I believe this sentence has damaged nursing in ways we should all fear, regardless of how one feels about the specific mistake, circumstance, or person. We should all consider how we condemn a fellow nurse and what that condemnation does to our shared profession.

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Jill Phemister said:

I believe this sentence has damaged nursing in ways we should all fear

she was sentenced to 3+2 years supervised probation served concurrently so over in 3 years and record expunged afterwards if she completes - also lifetime listing in registry of abusers - so considering the charges she did well so I'm not sure what damage you're talking about unless you mean the damage done to the Murphey family and the experience of Mrs Murphey's horrifying death

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Jill Phemister said:

And what about the fact that she self-reported? Will this case make you think twice about reporting an error or mistake? 

When she handed the bag containing the vecuronium to a second nurse, he looked at it and said, "Is this what you gave?" When she answered yes he had her look at the vial and she saw that it was Vecuronium. 

What do you think her options were in this case?

Does that qualify as self-reporting?

 

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Jill Phemister said:

It was simply that ... a mistake with tragic consequences.

I'm going to say this loud for the people in the back. This. Was. Not. A. Mistake. 
This was a series of bad choices to ignore multiple warnings, basic (and I mean basic) tenets of safe medication administration and everything we have been taught about good nursing practice. Clearly, you have not read the reports. 

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