A lead investigator in the criminal case against former Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught testified Wednesday that state investigators found Vanderbilt University Medical Center had a “heavy burden of responsibility” for a grievous drug error that killed a patient in 2017, but pursued penalties and criminal charges only against the nurse and not the hospital itself.
As a former Vanderbilt nurse faces prison for a deadly error, her colleagues worry: Could I be next?
Four years ago, inside the most prestigious hospital in Tennessee, nurse RaDonda Vaught withdrew a vial from an electronic medication cabinet, administered the drug to a patient, and somehow overlooked signs of a terrible and deadly mistake.
A shortage of high-level life support in Tennessee led to more COVID deaths, study finds
A new study from Vanderbilt University Medical Center followed COVID patients in dire need of high-level life support in the form of ECMO. It finds that hospital capacity shortages resulted in unnecessary deaths.
Tennessee COVID hospitalizations are spiking, but here’s why the numbers are a little misleading
As COVID cases spike faster than ever before, hospitalizations are also surging, surpassing 2,000 statewide on Tuesday. But one of Tennessee’s largest hospitals says the patient counts may be a little misleading due to a rising number of “incidental” cases.
Vanderbilt gets the go-ahead to build a hospital in Murfreesboro, despite no current need for additional beds
The $144 million facility passed the Health Services and Development Agency on Wednesday by a vote of 5-1.
Mayfield candle factory workers transported to Vanderbilt trauma center for chemical burns
At least 28 Kentucky storm survivors were transferred to Vanderbilt University Medical Center over the weekend to be treated for serious injuries. Many were from the candle factory that collapsed in Mayfield.
Vanderbilt Sees Surge Of Employee Vaccinations Ahead Of Deadline
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s deadline for complying with a vaccine mandate passed Thursday, following a surge of COVID shots being given to hundreds of employees in order to keep their jobs.
Listen: How A Nashville ICU Nurse Copes With Tennessee’s Latest Surge
Hospitals across the South have rarely needed nurses so badly — specifically, those experienced enough to work in an ICU. A shortage of RNs is the primary reason hospital capacity has become a problem again. And the work has only become more grueling.
Tennessee Hospitals Are Full And Left With Fewer Strings To Pull
COVID is squeezing hospitals in Tennessee so tight, some of the region’s largest medical centers have declared themselves completely full. And the state is trying to help ease the pressure, to the degree it can.
Vanderbilt Limiting Surgeries Again As COVID Cases Fill Hospitals
Nashville’s largest hospital is quickly filling up with unvaccinated COVID patients. On Thursday, Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced its adult hospital is once again rescheduling surgeries that can be delayed, as a result of the influx.
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