The prosecution of RaDonda Vaught: an ethical and legal mistake. | PSNet

Provide Feedback |

Submit a Case

Register

Commentary

The prosecution of RaDonda Vaught: an ethical and legal mistake.

December 21, 2022

Vogelstein E. Nurs Forum. 2022;57(6):1571-1574.

The criminal conviction of a nurse involved in a medical error has raised concerns about a possible negative impact on error disclosure. This article discusses the ethical and legal considerations related to this prosecution and the association with patient safety.

PubMed citation

Related Resources

Lessons learned from the RaDonda Vaught ruling.

March 1, 2023

Medication mix-up: what happened at Vanderbilt and how it impacts health care providers.

February 15, 2023

'They were his best shot. And they failed to help’: why did EMS workers neglect Tyre Nichols?

February 15, 2023

A failure in the medication delivery system-how disclosure and systems investigation improve patient safety.

January 11, 2023

Rooting an error review process in just culture: lessons learned.

October 5, 2022

The deterrent effect of tort law: evidence from medical malpractice reform.

September 28, 2022

Physicians and cognitive decline: a challenge for state medical boards.

September 7, 2022

RaDonda Vaught, medication safety, and the profession of pharmacy: steps to improve safety and ensure justice.

August 17, 2022

Role of the regulator in enabling a just culture: a qualitative study in mental health and hospital care.

August 10, 2022

Criminal liability for nursing and medical harm.

August 3, 2022

New graduate registered nurses: Risk mitigation strategies to ensure safety and successful transition to practice.

August 3, 2022

Does malpractice liability make healthcare safer? Aligning law and policy with evidence.

June 8, 2022

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: a critique of postpartum readmission rate as a quality metric.

May 18, 2022

How will state medical boards handle cases involving disclosure and apology for medical errors?

April 27, 2022

Criminalization of human error and a guilty verdict: a travesty of justice that threatens patient safety.

April 20, 2022

Nurses: Guilty verdict for dosing mistake could cost lives.

April 13, 2022

Improving responses to safety incidents: we need to talk about justice.

February 23, 2022

The challenge of competency assessment of the late-career practitioner.

February 9, 2022

Disclosing adverse events in clinical practice: the delicate act of being open.

February 2, 2022

Integrating principles of safety culture and just culture into nursing homes: lessons from the pandemic.

January 12, 2022

Development and expression of a high-reliability organization.

December 1, 2021

Just culture: the foundation of staff safety in the perioperative environment.

May 12, 2021

Patient safety functions of state medical boards in the United States.

April 21, 2021

Addressing systemic racism in nursing homes: a time for action.

April 14, 2021

Outpatient insulin-related adverse events due to mix-up errors: findings from two national surveillance systems, United States, 2012-2017.

March 24, 2021

Racial disparities in maternal mortality.

January 20, 2021

Why accountability sharing in health care organizational cultures means patients are probably safer.

September 23, 2020

To err Is human, unless you are a healthcare provider.

August 3, 2020

Preserving organizational resilience, patient safety, and staff retention during COVID-19 requires a holistic consideration of the psychological safety of healthcare workers

July 8, 2020

Apology laws and malpractice liability: what have we learned?

July 8, 2020

View More

See More About

Administration Errors

Psychological and Social Complications

Legal and Policy Approaches

To sign up for updates or to access your subscriber preferences, please enter your email address below.

5600 Fishers Lane
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone: (301) 427-1364