Nurses across the United States are up in arms over the trial of a former nurse named RaDonda Vaught, whom a jury found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and impaired adult abuse after she made a fatal error in giving a drug to a patient in 2017.
Yet numerous nurses and nursing associations fear that the guilty verdict could set a dangerous precedent for an already overworked and under-resourced workforce, as it sets a precedent that could result in prosecution of other nurses who diligently report their mistakes.
