ANA Reacts to Sentencing of Nurse RaDonda Vaught: We are Grateful to the Judge for Leniency

Former Vanderbilt University Medical Center nurse RaDonda Vaught has been sentenced to three years of probation after a jury convicted her of criminally negligent homicide and impaired adult abuse for mistakenly administering the wrong medication that resulted in the death of a patient in 2017. The following statement is attributable to both the American Nurses Association (ANA) and the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA).  

"Our hearts go out to the loved ones of Ms. Murphey and Nurse Vaught, all of whom are deeply affected by this tragedy and face a long road of healing."

To read the entire statement, click here.

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