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MSNC 510 – Advanced Nursing Technologies & Collaborative Care
Week 6 Assignment: Signature Assignment
West Coast University
This Essay contains :
Week 5 Assignment: Role of the APN in Federal Strategic Planning for HIT
New Update with complete solutions.
MSNC 510 – Advanced Nursing Technologies & Collaborative
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MSNC 510 – Advanced Nursing Technologies & Collaborative Care
Week 6 Assignment: Signature Assignment
West Coast University
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signature Assignment
In healthcare, early recognition, intervention and continuous patient assessment are core
nursing fundamentals and skills necessary to carry out safe patient care. In conjunction with
nursing skills, administrative support for the continuous implementation of safe medical
practices enables safe standards of quality of care. However, recent medical situations have
alarmed nationwide reflection on current, or lack of enhanced safety protocols and verifications
before safety net discrepancies reach the patient. One of the more shocking cases – the State of
Tennessee VS. Radonda L. Vaught – brought a wide-shared upset, specifically amongst nurses,
with the final verdict as judgement was made to convict Vaught of criminally negligent homicide
(Lusk et al., 2022). This case opened opportunity for healthcare organizations to revise and
enhance their current standards of practice, as well as nurse advocacy for supplemental
protection when nursing mistakes are honestly and timely disclosed.
Trial Reflection
From the case, further investigation revealed Vanderbilt University Medical Center
(VUMC) lacked proper quality improvement measures to potentially help avoid Vaught’s
incorrect medication administration. This included feasibility on medication override, which
Vaught committed, without safety nets to verify correct medication choice. In addition, lack of
staff protection was witnessed when Vaught immediately disclosed her mistake and requested
assistance to revert systemic medication effect. As a response, VUMC fired Vaught and failed to
report the error classifying the death as a natural cause. However, indictment was placed solely
on Vaught and not the hospital’s administration, creating a lack of shared accountability. As a
result, this leads to further invocation of fear from clinicians to “report systemic causes and
MSNC 510 – Advanced Nursing Technologies & Collaborative Care
Week 6 Assignment: Signature Assignment
West Coast University
This Essay contains :
Week 5 Assignment: Role of the APN in Federal Strategic Planning for HIT
New Update with complete solutions.
MSNC 510 – Advanced Nursing Technologies & Collaborative
, 2
MSNC 510 – Advanced Nursing Technologies & Collaborative Care
Week 6 Assignment: Signature Assignment
West Coast University
, 3
signature Assignment
In healthcare, early recognition, intervention and continuous patient assessment are core
nursing fundamentals and skills necessary to carry out safe patient care. In conjunction with
nursing skills, administrative support for the continuous implementation of safe medical
practices enables safe standards of quality of care. However, recent medical situations have
alarmed nationwide reflection on current, or lack of enhanced safety protocols and verifications
before safety net discrepancies reach the patient. One of the more shocking cases – the State of
Tennessee VS. Radonda L. Vaught – brought a wide-shared upset, specifically amongst nurses,
with the final verdict as judgement was made to convict Vaught of criminally negligent homicide
(Lusk et al., 2022). This case opened opportunity for healthcare organizations to revise and
enhance their current standards of practice, as well as nurse advocacy for supplemental
protection when nursing mistakes are honestly and timely disclosed.
Trial Reflection
From the case, further investigation revealed Vanderbilt University Medical Center
(VUMC) lacked proper quality improvement measures to potentially help avoid Vaught’s
incorrect medication administration. This included feasibility on medication override, which
Vaught committed, without safety nets to verify correct medication choice. In addition, lack of
staff protection was witnessed when Vaught immediately disclosed her mistake and requested
assistance to revert systemic medication effect. As a response, VUMC fired Vaught and failed to
report the error classifying the death as a natural cause. However, indictment was placed solely
on Vaught and not the hospital’s administration, creating a lack of shared accountability. As a
result, this leads to further invocation of fear from clinicians to “report systemic causes and
