The Criminal Prosecution of Medical Errors: Where Transparency Meets Self-Incrimination
They say the truth will set you free, but one nurse who told the truth about a medication error she committed in 2017 now faces up to 8 years in jail. On March 25, 2022, following a 3-day trial, RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), was found guilty of gross neglect and negligent homicide of 75-year-old Charlene Murphey. Murphey died as the result of Vaught administering a [...]