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Former nurse sentenced for dosing error seeks license return

A former Tennessee nurse who was convicted of homicide last year after a medication error killed a patient is seeking to have her license restored

The Independent UK · May 9, 2023

Immigration is key to easing the nursing shortage

Demand for nurses is expected to grow to 3.3 million in seven years. State representatives and government officials should be encouraged to increase the number of available visas and support policies that bring more immigrant nurses into the U.S.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 15, 2022

Prosecuting nurses for honest mistakes will make the nursing shortage worse

Nurses across the country are wondering if the profession is worth the risk after a Tennessee nurse was convicted in a case involving an accidental injection that resulted in a patient’s death.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 29, 2022

At US hospitals, a drug mix-up is just a few keystrokes away

More than four years ago, Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught typed two letters into a hospital’s computerized medication cabinet, selected the wrong drug from the search results, and gave a patient a fatal dose.

Tribune News Service · May 5, 2022

Nurse's homicide conviction: Flashpoint in Nashville DA race

The homicide conviction of a former Tennessee nurse for a medication error that killed a patient has become a flashpoint in the campaign for Nashville district attorney

The Independent UK · Apr 1, 2022

A nurse's honest mistake ends in prison

Nursing groups decried the verdict, blaming the "profit-focused systems" that put nurses at a "spear point"

Salon · Mar 31, 2022

Guilty verdict for nurse RaDonda Vaught’s dosing mistake could cost lives

Patient safety and nursing groups around the country are lamenting the guilty verdict in the trial of a former nurse in Tennessee

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

Nurses: Guilty verdict for dosing mistake could cost lives

Patient safety and nursing groups around the country are lamenting the guilty verdict in the trial of a former nurse in Tennessee

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022

RaDonda Vaught: Ex-ICU nurse found guilty over accidental injection death of patient

RaDonda Vaught faces prison when she is sentenced on 13 May

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022

Former nurse guilty of homicide in medication error death

A former Tennessee nurse has been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the accidental death of a patient because of a medication error

The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022