What are your thoughts about the trial, the conviction, and the sentencing? Watch the video below to see what Radonda Vaught is doing now. Please complete the survey.
Do you agree that this case should have been tried in a court of law?
28
YES
57
NO
Do you agree with the conviction?
33
YES
52
NO
Do you agree with the sentencing? 3 years supervised probation and judicial diversion dismissing the conviction following probation, preserving a clean record with it expunged or completely removed. .
49
Agree with 3 year Probation and Judicial Diversion
29
Agree with 3 year Probation but not Judicial Diversion
7
Disagree with sentence. She should go to prison
She should get her license reinstated upon completion of 3 - year probation
We've followed the Radonda Vaught case from beginning to end including the trial and the recent sentencing. Nurses have had differing opinions from the beginning - with some change in opinions with the revelation of the details of the fatal event.
But what about the sentence - 3 years supervised probation with the opportunity for Judicial Diversion upon the successful completion of the 3-year probationary period. What does this mean?
Judicial Diversion
"Judicial Diversion in TN is a method by which many first-time offenders can have the opportunity to ultimately have their conviction dismissed following a successful probationary period, thereby preserving a clean record and giving them the opportunity to have it expunged, or completely removed, from their criminal history."
What are your thoughts about this? Take our short survey....
You might be interested in what Radonda Vaught's thoughts are following the trial and sentencing and what she is doing now .
Here is a video of an interview Radonda had with Eva Pilgrim on Nightline about her tragic mistake that left a patient dead and the unprecedented criminal charges and conviction that followed.
What are your thoughts? Please take the survey and post additional comments below.
The hospital officials should always stand by their employees when unfortunate mistakes like this happen to a member of staff. Nurses do not work in a vacuum, we follow policies and procedures and sometimes we may not agree with the way procedures are implemented. We have all seen it before how a series of mistakes can happen in a single shift and many times when there is shortage of staff. I am positive to think that no nurse goes to work planning to kill a patient, we save lives, we care but unfortunately sometimes we make mistakes like all human beings do. If we were in her shoes how would we like to be treated? She has apologized, we can all learn from this but we cannot point a finger. I wish her all the best in her new life and career.
Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.
2 hours ago, Julita said:
The hospital officials should always stand by their employees when unfortunate mistakes like this happen to a member of staff. Nurses do not work in a vacuum, we follow policies and procedures and sometimes we may not agree with the way procedures are implemented. We have all seen it before how a series of mistakes can happen in a single shift and many times when there is shortage of staff. I am positive to think that no nurse goes to work planning to kill a patient, we save lives, we care but unfortunately sometimes we make mistakes like all human beings do. If we were in her shoes how would we like to be treated? She has apologized, we can all learn from this but we cannot point a finger. I wish her all the best in her new life and career.
Unfortunate mistake? Please read the CMS and TBI reports. This was not an unfortunate mistake. She never read the label of the vial and ignored many warnings and left a patient after giving what she thought was an anxiolytic with no one monitoring.
Distracted by training and communicating with doctors at the same time. Still too much. I worked at Vanderbilt and they have tightened ship a lot since that incident and the incident of the surgeons removing the wrong limbs and kidney. They were very loose with policies. Vanderbilt is also to blame. I have worked at nothing but teaching hospitals (really difficult to find one that isn't that's hiring) and they had tighter policies. Vanderbilt should have very well held some of that blame. I will forever stand by that.
Again, maybe the older generation of nurses prefer 12h shifts but many new grads I've spoken to hate it since it is no longer the typical 3 12's and 4 days off. Maybe because the hospitals are now forcing us to work 3 12's with a 4 12's week every other week or every 3-4 weeks. Soon it will be 5 12's at this rate.
I disagree with this. They are, of course, to be blamed for their coverup but they did not make RV ignore the safe medication administration practices she was taught, nor the warnings on the Accudose and they certainly did not prevent her from looking at the vial.
I very much despise when people start throwing around generalizations. No, it is not just the "older generation" that prefer 12 hour shifts. That may be the case where you are but if you search this site you will see plenty of people from all age groups who state that they would not work 8 hour shifts for any amount of money. FTR, 12 hour shifts have never truly been 12 hour shifts and extra shifts to equal 40hrs also isn't new.
Specializes in CNA telemetry progressive care ICU.
Sadly many become nurses and only do it because they think it’s rich quick or adequate pay with so many better jobs that are a better fit like handyman elevator mechanics gender roles have changed and it’s quiet OK for the women to run the companies like CEO and the husbands go to doctors spot dental soccer practice and on and on what makes sense in your partnership is just yours does not need to make sense to anyone else and I truly believe that new generations will end labels and stereotypes that we little women are baking cookies and have zero brain to do the job so toast to better future and when bad things like this happen to me it’s a cry for help... look beneath and closer to the problem not just blame and shame a human being
Julita, BSN, RN
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The hospital officials should always stand by their employees when unfortunate mistakes like this happen to a member of staff. Nurses do not work in a vacuum, we follow policies and procedures and sometimes we may not agree with the way procedures are implemented. We have all seen it before how a series of mistakes can happen in a single shift and many times when there is shortage of staff. I am positive to think that no nurse goes to work planning to kill a patient, we save lives, we care but unfortunately sometimes we make mistakes like all human beings do. If we were in her shoes how would we like to be treated? She has apologized, we can all learn from this but we cannot point a finger. I wish her all the best in her new life and career.