Teaching nursing students the ethical and legal consequences of medical errors: insights from the RaDonda Vaught case using the jigsaw technique.
Geiselman EL, Opsahl A, Townsend C. Teaching nursing students the ethical and legal consequences of medical errors: insights from the RaDonda Vaught case using the jigsaw technique. J Prof Nurs. 2024;55:105-111. doi:10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.09.011.
A just culture ensures that staff feel safe reporting errors without fear of reprisal or retaliation. This article describes an educational activity for nursing students to help them understand the legal and ethical consequences of medical errors and error reporting using the RaDonda Vaught case as an exemplar. After the activity, students reported greater understanding of error reporting, the role of state boards of nursing, system failures, and just culture.