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A nurse, RaDonda Vaught, was convicted

RaDonda Vought and her attorney Peter Strianse listen as the verdicts are read at the end of a trial in Nashville, Tennessee, Friday, March 25, 2022. The jury found Vought, a former nurse, guilty of homicide for gross negligence in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong drug. She was also found guilty of gross negligence towards an adult disabled person. A former Tennessee nurse is guilty of negligent homicide in connection with the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong drug, a jury found Friday.

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A nurse, RaDonda Vaught, was convicted

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  1. A nurse, RaDonda Vaught, was convicted of giving a patient the wrong medicine

  2. What is the status of RaDonda’s Case? • RaDonda Vought and her attorney Peter Strianse listen as the verdicts are read at the end of a trial in Nashville, Tennessee, Friday, March 25, 2022. The jury found Vought, a former nurse, guilty of homicide for gross negligence in the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong drug. She was also found guilty of gross negligence towards an adult disabled person. A former Tennessee nurse is guilty of negligent homicide in connection with the death of a patient who was accidentally given the wrong drug, a jury found Friday.   

  3. She was also found guilty of gross imprudence towards a disabled adult in a case that has attracted the attention of patient safety advocates and nursing organizations across the country. Radonda Vought, 37, administered the painkiller vecuronium to 75-year-old Charlene Murphy instead of the sedative Verced on December 26, 2017. Here openly admitted that she had made several mistakes with the drug that day, but her lawyer stood up for the nurse. Didn’t overact, and systemic problems at Vanderbilt University Medical Center were at least partly responsible for the error. The jury found Vought not guilty of negligent homicide. Negligent homicide was a minor charge included in the original indictment.  • While Vought awaited her verdict on Friday morning, she was constantly approached by local nurses who came to court to support her. Vought was calm after reading the ruling, but many of the nurses who surrounded her in the courthouse hallway were in tears. In an interview following the verdict, Voight said she was relieved to have made her decision after 4.5 years and hopes the Murphy family will feel relieved.   

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