An All New Webinar For Nurse Leaders

The Criminalization of Nursing Errors: What Nurse Leaders Can Do to Ensure Patient Safety, Support Staff, and Promote a Just Culture

An all-new, free On-Demand Webinar by Edie Brous, JD, RN. Register now to view this webinar immediately or anytime, anywhere! Registration is required for all viewers, including individuals and groups.*
In today’s challenging healthcare environment, with high pandemic-induced nurse burnout and moral injury along with staffing shortages, adverse events and near misses are not uncommon. The recent case of RaDonda Vaught, who was found guilty and sentenced to three years supervised probation after mistakenly administering the wrong medication that killed an elderly patient, makes it clear that nurses can be prosecuted and face the risk of being imprisoned for errors. The efforts to develop a just culture within which nurses trust that they can and should report errors without blame are now in danger of weakening or being abandoned.