RaDonda Vaught speaks out l GMA

The former nurse who made a fatal mistake that led to a patient's death is speaking out in an ABC exclusive.

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[tracy]

She immediately reported it to all the correct departments. The hospital covered it up only reporting it when they were going to audited my medicaid and wanted to throw someone under the bus. Nurses face this all the time at hospitals. We are over worked and understaffed. This medicine should never have been in the department. One of the best decisions I ever made was to quit practicing nursing. Its not worth the stressed we sometimes forced to endure and then only to be treated poorly by administration.

[kimzapantaify]

Not all mistakes are committed with malicious intentions. If Radonda Vaught got incarcerated for an HONEST MISTAKE, then more patients will be in danger due to the fear of reporting errors. She never covered up her actions. She came forward and took responsibility. That's how it should have and must be. She already lost her license and career. She will have to live with the guilt for the rest of her life. Those are life sentences on their own. For healthcare professionals who expected jail time for her, some day and some way, you will end up in the same position as her and will beg for the same mercy given to her.

[lisagardner]

I am so glad I retired from nursing when I turned 50 years old. I left nursing because of the unrealistic nursing ratios and I knew if I stayed I would make a mistake too.

[pamelaboisvert]

I don't know how she could or want to do nursing after that .. blessing in disguise..

[mostcreative]

So are we going to criminalize the physician that neglected to order continuous monitoring for the patient while they were undergoing CT while being given Versed? Or how about the hospital administration that provided policies for overriding a clearly dysfunctional medicine administration system? How about the radiology staff that were with the patient alongside Radonda that should have been watching the patient WITH her that didn't notice the patients lack of breathing until they went into cardiac arrest?

There are so many factors present in the demise of the patient that are completely being overlooked and all of the responsibility is being placed on Radonda. The loss of her license and ability to work in any healthcare profession is enough punishment. She shouldn't have been criminalized for this. Doctors can be negligent and flat out murder hundreds of patients but they are exempt from this type of circumstance because they bring the money to the hospitals. The nurses always take the blame and this is too far.

[JulieAndreasen]

EVERY nurse has made a med error. Thank god they are rarely fatal but it happens to everyone. So sad

[zofierose]

I worked for 40 years as a Clinical Scientist in a hospital laboratory. On many occasions, reporting an error in test results could have caused harm or even death to a patient. That responsibility is part of the job. I remember one incident while I was working alone on the night shift that I had to crossmatch more than 3 dozen units of blood for a patient that was going to die without it. If I didn't work fast enough or had made even one mistake while under extreme pressure, the patient could have died. The patient survived. But to think that I could have lost my job, my certification, and been prosecuted criminally for a mistake under very stressful conditions makes me afraid for all health care workers who struggle to care for their community under amazingly difficult conditions.

[AonGuardian]

If you think about it, the hospital would be the next choice for sharing the burden of blame which would damage reputation and revenue in the end. From a business perspective, better to let a single nurse fall on the sword alone than allow an organization to take a hit as well. This is the mentality I see with many hospital organizations, sadly. Nurses are dispensable.

[mariekano]

As a nurse im not staying in this field forever. I remember my aunt who's a nurse reported a mistake ASAP and she got fired for it what the fuck

[TanyaOsterman-hwwv]

I was an LPN and I made three med errors in two years. I self-reported them (long story makes it easy to see how they could happen when you're trying to do more than one person can) and only one error would have been known otherwise. My license was revoked. The Nevada nursing board members told me they don't make mistakes.

But hey, I didn't have to be a nurse during the pandemic. Thank you, God!

[JohnSmith-sjos]

I don't blame her one bit. Humans have the tendency to cut corners when task saturated. Let's analyze the facts. She was working in a unit that she doesn't normally work in. The hospital didn't have basic safety measures that could have easily prevented this from happening.

[adjohnson]

God bless RaDonda and the surviving family members that stated their mom would forgive.

[TheCareerChic]

Kendra RN did a 2 part nursing analysis on this case and its eye opening and I'm not even in nurse and the information was a WOW FACTOR of what she possibly would've went thru

[Ed-uzem]

The story here is the facility not the nurse

[nathanmitchell]

I think the world would be shocked at the volume of medical mistakes made by doctors, doctors who can afford malpractice attorneys, and get nothing more than a slap on the wrist. The hospital needs to protect their nurse, there have to be consequences, take away her license or do whatever, but don’t criminalize the front lines of healthcare

[bodhi]

It was more than "just a mistake." There were warnings all over the place that it was the wrong med. Please get all the info.

[Yushavia]

How she was able to access Vecuronium puzzles me?

[BrooklynUnchained]

That’s so devastating for the both of them 😢 ugh. Rip to the old man and I give much hope and best wishes to the nurse. I know it was an honest mistake and we’re only human. ❤

[pamelaboisvert]

So sad for both .. freak accident at the same time fair she was fired some responsibility has to be done.. moving ⏩ I don't believe jail time honestly a mistake that is scary for all nurses big responsibility

[bettinaorevil]

They need to change the 12 hr shift to 10hr shift. We are overworked and our health going down taking care of others. Corporations don’t care for their workers. Hospitals need to hire mor staff instead of filling their pockets!