RaDonda Vaught: Exploring the Human Experience of a Medication Error, Insight and Learnings (Part 1)

Date: Thursday, September 19, 2024
Time: 6:00 PM ET – 8:00pm ET
Duration: 2 hours*


Overview: 
Nursing & Pharmacy Professionals – from students to leadership – can learn about the human factors that contribute to a medication-related error. Nurses are responsible for providing the correct medication, in the correct dose, to the correct patient, via the correct route and at the correct time – and for remaining vigilant about preventing medication errors. Pharmacists have the same standard but for dispensing the correct medication, in the correct dose, for the correct patient. Medication administration and dispensing are complex nursing and pharmacy activities, respectively, that demand caution and attentiveness. Nurses and pharmacists play important roles in the medication process through detecting and correcting potential prescribing and dispensing errors. Using malpractice data, recommendations, and Ms. Vaught’s experience, nurses and pharmacists can examine their own current risk control practices to not only reduce the likelihood of a medication-related malpractice lawsuit but also increase patient safety.


 

Objectives:  
  1. List the leading medication administration allegations made against Nurses in malpractice lawsuits.
  2. List the leading medication dispensing allegations made against Pharmacists in malpractice lawsuits.
  3. Discuss the human factors that led to the fatal medication error made by RaDonda Vaught with her patient.
  4. Identify key risk management tools Nurses & Pharmacists can incorporate into their practice to reduce medication errors.
 
Speaker Information:
  • Speaker: RaDonda Vaught, BSN, Former Nurse
  • Moderator: Jennifer Flynn, CPHRM, Risk Manager, Nurses Service Organization (NSO) & Healthcare Providers Service Organization (HPSO)


In order to earn CE credit for this event:
Participants must (1) register, (2) attend the entire live event on 9/19/2024 at 6pm ET, and (3) complete the post event survey evaluation. Only those who meet these requirements will be issued a certificate of completion. It is the responsibility of the participant to make accommodations for time zone.

*This activity is eligible for ANCC credit
Provider Accreditation
This activity for 2.0 contact hour is provided by Lippincott Professional Development and jointly provided by Nurses Service Organization.

Lippincott Professional Development (LPD) is accredited as a provider of Nursing Continuing Professional Development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Commission on Accreditation.

This activity is also provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 11749 for 2.0 contact hours, the District of Columbia, Florida #FBN50- 1223, and Georgia Board of Nursing #50-1223.
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