It’s been widely reported that Nurse Ra Donda Vaught is facing criminal charges of reckless homicide and impaired adult abuse. The charges stemmed from a series of inadvertent medication errors …
Category: General Hospital Safety Info
5 years ago
Chaos In A General Surgery Residency Program
Vanderbilt General Surgery Resident, Gretchen Edwards BY BOB ALLER In April 2017, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville), a resident from the general surgery residency program was instructed to place …
5 years ago
Nurse Fired While Advocating For Patient Safety On CVICU
Nurse Julie Griffin Photo by Munoz Photography Bob Aller Nurse Julie Griffin worked as an RN at the Westside Regional Medical Center in Plantation, Florida (Miami metro area). Repeatedly, Ms. Griffin …
5 years ago
Understaffing In The ER Claimed, ER Nurse Fired
Lawsuit States ER Clinical Coordinator At HCA Hospital Was Fired For Claiming Understaffing In The ER The New Hampshire Union Leader reports that Nurse Julie Stephens filed a lawsuit against …
5 years ago
Air Embolism Linked To Central Line Death
Bob Aller Summary: Just after 1:30 pm on the afternoon of August 22, 2016, at Palms West Hospital in Florida, RN Linda Truempy entered the ICU room of a 25-year-old …
6 years ago
Patient Bleeds To Death After Colonoscopy
Introduction Bob Aller Last week Hospital Watchdog conducted an in-depth interview with Ms. Dena Royal, a former paramedic, and respiratory therapist. Dena’s mother, Martha Wright, bled to death following a …
5 years ago
Epidemic Of Violence In Hospitals Facing Nurses
Bob Aller Why is there a need for workplace violence prevention programs for nurses? “They are routinely yelled at, spat at, pummeled, kicked, scratched and even stabbed by the people …
5 years ago
ER Nurse Kills Attacker While Defending Herself
Bob Aller This report focuses on an incident involving ER nurse Susan Kuhnhausen. Her self-defense training at Providence Hospital in Portland, Oregon, appears to have contributed to …
5 years ago
Medical Executive Committee Issues Vote Of No Confidence
Tennessee Doctors Revolt Reporter: Maxine Magtoto The Medical Executive Committee members at Tennessee’s Erlanger Health System (7 hospitals), were concerned about issues of patient safety. They took a unanimous vote …
6 years ago
Vanderbilt Failed To Report Unnatural Patient Death
Horrifying, Fatal Medication Error Bob Aller In November 2018, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a Statement of Deficiencies concerning the death of a patient at Vanderbilt University …