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The solution isn't that Radonda Vought, who killed a patient through a string of crassly negligent actions should walk free - one would like to see the whole ch
by HarryHirsch 4y ago
The solution isn't that Radonda Vought, who killed a patient through a string of crassly negligent actions should walk free - one would like to see the whole chain of command be given serious prison time. It's clear that patient safety at Vanderbilt isn't a priority - training and safety culture reflects that.
Strange to see that HN, which is generally suspicious of copaganda, falls for very transparent nursepaganda.
- ikiris 4y agoIts the strong libertarian vibe. They think consequences shouldn't exist, and the dead guy can take his money elsewhere.
- LanceH 4y agoThe strong libertarian vibe of npr saying she's being scapegoated? When you have millions of drugs being issued, there will be some legitimate mistakes happening -- some will even cause death. If you want people to actual work in healthcare, they shouldn't be fearing for their lives for being less than perfect.
- ikiris 4y agoplease cite where an npr report gives the impression she's been scapegoated in such a way that she doesn't deserve the consequences she's been given. I'd love to read it honestly. From what I've seen there's been a lot of reporting on her case, and how Vandy rightfully deserves a lot of pain, and a lot on how a subset of nurses feel she's been railroaded, but I've not seen what you claim and would like to know where I missed it. I'll also re note that pharmacists have carried this burden for over a hundred years, and their removal from the process is part of how this chain of mistakes happened to begin with.
- bumby 4y ago"she doesn't deserve the consequences" is different than scapegoating. Scapegoating means she's the sole person being blamed for the failures of a larger group. From the article: "pursued penalties and criminal charges only against the nurse and not the hospital itself...Vanderbilt received no punishment for the fatal drug error...appears to support defense arguments that Vaught's fatal error was made possible by systemic failures at Vanderbilt." That certainly seems to lay claim that there are more issues than the single nurse. Holding others accountable doesn't negate her culpability but it would prevent her from becoming a scapegoat.
- Sakos 4y agoImagine if aviation functioned like health care in the US. We'd have a magnitude more crashes and deaths.
- hawaiianbrah 4y agoJust one magnitude… ?
- ethbr0 4y ago> one would like to see the whole chain of command be given serious prison time Absolutely. To each according to their authority. RaDonda Vaught made a mistake, and admitted it, repeatedly, in multiple interviews. But that mistake was only partly because of her free will. Vanderbilt University Medical Center incentivized her to make that choice, for their own profit, and with control over her employment. RaDonda Vaught goes to prison. VUMC pays a fine and nobody goes to prison. I think HN takes a dim view of a company holding someone's contract in their hands, saying "Do something illegal or I tear this up," and then blaming the employee when everything explodes. They're playing chicken with patients' lives, and passing off the charges to their employees when they lose.