Radonda Vaught Sentencing: Has RaDonda been sentenced?

RaDonda Vaught is a former nurse who was working in the ICU at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Vaught became the center of attention after a medication error which led to the death of 75-year-old Charlene Murphey in December 2017.

Vaught faced homicide charges after Murphey’s death.

Vaught’s prosecution ignited debate among the medical community regarding issues with medical errors.

There are concerns over the nurse being held criminally liable in Murphey’s death, instead of the case being handled solely through regulatory boards, which is the more common practice.

Vaught was sentenced on Friday May 13, 2022 to serve three years probation and will serve no jail time.

During the trial, Assistant District Attorney Chad Jackson compared Vaught to a drunk driver who caused a fatal accident.

Jackson said Vaught was “driving with [her] eyes closed.”

Vaught was also stripped of her license by the Tennessee Board of Nursing on the same  Friday at a contentious and at times, tearful medical discipline hearing.

Vaught was first arrested in 2019 and was initially charged with reckless homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult after injecting Murphey with a wrong drug that allegedly led to her death.