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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The moment nurse RaDonda Vaught realized she had given a patient the wrong medication, she rushed to the doctors working to revive 75-year-old Charlene Murphey and told them what she had done.

Patient safety and nursing groups around the country are lamenting the guilty verdict in the trial of former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught in Tennessee.

Hospitalization and death rates may be low amid the current stage of the coronavirus pandemic, but for patients undergoing the long-lasting impacts of the...

RaDonda Vaught's conviction could lead to years in prison. It's a rare case of a medical mistake being deemed a crime, and many worry it will have a chilling effect on the entire nursing profession.

RaDonda Vaught's conviction could lead to years in prison. It's a rare case of a medical mistake being deemed a crime, and many worry it will have a chilling effect on the entire nursing profession.

RaDonda Vaught, a former nurse criminally prosecuted for a fatal drug error in 2017, was convicted of gross neglect of an impaired adult and negligent homicide Friday after a three-day trial that gripped nurses across the country.

RaDonda Vaught's conviction could lead to years in prison. It's a rare case of a medical mistake being deemed a crime, and many worry it will have a chilling effect on the entire nursing profession.

RaDonda Vaughts conviction could lead to years in prison. Its a rare case of a medical mistake being deemed a crime, and many worry it will have a chilling effect on the entire nursing profession.

RaDonda Vaught sat with tissues clenched in her hand, her head looking straight down at the defense table.

The Nassau County Legislature held its annual Women’s History Month celebration and honored two Nassau County residents