EPISODE 55: The Vanderbilt Nurse Case
Episode description
RaDonda Vaught, a Vanderbilt nurse, made a fatal med error. She has now lost her license and been charged with negligent homicide. But the story doesn’t end there.
Kati Kleber of FreshRN.com and I discuss the timeline, the charges and answer the question: “could this happen to anyone?”.
We also discuss very interesting “politics” of the case. Who is the DA and what is his affiliation to Vanderbilt... to RaDonda’s defense attorney? Why did the hospital initially list “natural causes” on the patient’s death certificate?
This is much deeper than a conclusion of guilty or innocent. It’s a picture of inconsistency, corruption in healthcare, and has the potential to set precedent changing not only how nurses practice but overall willingness to take the risk of working at the bedside.
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https://www.freshrn.com/radonda-vaught-trial/
Nursing license full complaint: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6483588-Vaught-RaDonda-NOC-9-27-19.html
DA Discovery: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6785652-RaDonda-Vaught-DA-Discovery.html
CMS remediation: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6535181-Vanderbilt-Corrective-Plan.html
TN Health Dept Letters: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6785898-RaDonda-Vaught-Letters.html
CMS complaint: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6542003-CMS-Complaint-Intake.html