Pharmacist and Nurse criminally prosecuted for medication errors caused by system failures. Dramatically different responses from professional organizations.
Chaunie Brusie, a nurse writer, and Nurse.org, a non-profit organization that publishes content and initiatives for nurses and nursing students, have compiled a list of ways to support RaDonda,5 including the following:
Sign a Change.org petition to grant RaDonda clemency (nearly 200,000 signatures so far)
Write a letter to the Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (address: Bill Lee, Tennessee Governor, State Capitol, 1st Floor, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Nashville, TN 37243)
Write a letter to Judge Jennifer L. Smith of the Davidson County Criminal Court Division IV (address: Judge Jennifer L. Smith, P.O. Box 128, Bethpage, TN 37033); include RaDonda Vaught’s Case Number (2019-A-76); explain what your job is and how this verdict impacts you
Attend the sentencing hearing to support RaDonda on May 13, 2022, at 9:00 am at The Justice A.A. Birch Building, Courtroom 6D (must go through security), 408 2nd Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37122
Some updates from the fantastic ISMP.org
https://www.ismp.org/resources/criminalization-human-error-and-guilty-verdict-travesty-justice-threatens-patient-safety
Includes what you can do:
Support for RaDonda
Chaunie Brusie, a nurse writer, and Nurse.org, a non-profit organization that publishes content and initiatives for nurses and nursing students, have compiled a list of ways to support RaDonda,5 including the following:
Sign a Change.org petition to grant RaDonda clemency (nearly 200,000 signatures so far)
https://www.change.org/p/grant-radonda-vaught-clemency
Write a letter to the Tennessee Governor Bill Lee (address: Bill Lee, Tennessee Governor, State Capitol, 1st Floor, 600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Nashville, TN 37243)
Write a letter to Judge Jennifer L. Smith of the Davidson County Criminal Court Division IV (address: Judge Jennifer L. Smith, P.O. Box 128, Bethpage, TN 37033); include RaDonda Vaught’s Case Number (2019-A-76); explain what your job is and how this verdict impacts you
Attend the sentencing hearing to support RaDonda on May 13, 2022, at 9:00 am at The Justice A.A. Birch Building, Courtroom 6D (must go through security), 408 2nd Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37122
Some follow ups
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/05/1090915329/why-nurses-are-raging-and-quitting-after-the-radonda-vaught-verdict
and
https://www.tiktok.com/tag/radondavaught
If only pharmacists and pharmacy orgs had half the passion of nurses.