A former Tennessee nurse whose medication error killed a patient has been sentenced to three years of probation.
A former Tennessee nurse whose medication error killed a patient was sentenced to three years of probation Friday as hundreds of health care workers rallied outside the courthouse, warning that criminalizing such mistakes will lead to more deaths in hospitals.
The crowd of nurses outside protesting cheered, cried and hugged after hearing the sentence. The relief came after the health care workers spent hours in the sun and clung to every word of the judge’s lengthy sentencing explanation, some linked in a chain with hands locked. Vaught apologized to the family in court, saying words will never fully express her "remorse and sorrow."In weighing whether to grant Vaught judicial diversion, Smith cited Vaught's remorse as well as her honesty about the medication error.systemic hospital problems and the danger of criminalizing mistakes"I’m sorry that this public outpouring of support for me has caused you to continue to live this over and over," she told them.
Aleece Ellison traveled from Texas to join them. An emergency room nurse for 14 years, she said she broke down crying when Vaught was found guilty. "I usually don't do things like this," she said of the protest. "I'm just so passionate about it. Nurses are going to go to jail, and more people are going to die because they won't report their errors."
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