Nurse convicted in patient’s death turns fatal drug error into a cautionary tale
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When RaDonda Vaught got her first speaking request, it had been a year since that day in a Nashville courtroom, when she listened as a jury read her guilty verdict for negligent homicide and neglect of an impaired adult.
“It wasn’t even something that was on my radar to think about,” RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse in Tennessee, said of her speaking engagements following her mistake that killed a patient. “The opportunities just kept presenting themselves.”
RaDonda Vaught tends to lambs on her farm north of Nashville, Tenn. Vaught was convicted of reckless homicide and lost her nursing license after a medication error killed a patient. She now gives speeches about hospital safety in an era of automation and artificial intelligence.
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“It wasn’t even something that was on my radar to think about,” RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse in Tennessee, said of her speaking engagements following her mistake that killed a patient. “The opportunities just kept presenting themselves.”
RaDonda Vaught tends to lambs on her farm north of Nashville, Tenn. Vaught was convicted of reckless homicide and lost her nursing license after a medication error killed a patient. She now gives speeches about hospital safety in an era of automation and artificial intelligence.
