Maternity Allowance is a payment that can be received when a woman takes time off to have a baby. Eligibility for this payment depends on the woman’s employment status and the amount earned during certain weeks. The maternity entitlement calculator can help determine the amount you could receive.
To claim Maternity Allowance, you need to inform your employer of your pregnancy and provide written confirmation. If you cannot get statutory or contractual maternity pay, you may be eligible to claim Maternity Allowance from the government. To do so, you must send the SMP1 from each employer.
You can apply for Maternity Allowance once you’ve been pregnant for 26 weeks and payments can start any time between the 11th week before your baby is due and the 26th week. However, it is important to prepare ahead of time and send necessary documents to the Department for Work and Pensions.
As a self-employed artist, your claim is currently processing and you can expect delays. It is recommended not to sign and date the claim form earlier than the 14th week before the baby is due, as doing so could delay your claim and potentially result in financial loss.
In summary, Maternity Allowance is a crucial payment that can be claimed when a woman takes time off to have a baby. To claim, you must inform your employer, provide written confirmation, and report a change of circumstances. The process can take up to 39 weeks, and it is essential to avoid signing and submitting the claim form earlier than the 14th week before the baby’s due date.
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Talking all things maternity allowance for anyone who is self employed and looking at navigating taking maternity leave and …
How do I contact the UK about Maternity Allowance?
Should you have any inquiries pertaining to the processing of DWP Maternity Allowance mail in England, Scotland, or Wales, you are invited to contact the following numbers: For those who speak English, the number to call is 0800 169 0283. For those who speak Welsh, the number is 0800 169 0296.
What is the waiting period for maternity cover?
The maternity coverage waiting period, which typically lasts between nine months and six years, is a minimum of 30 days between the conclusion of the initial waiting period and the commencement of coverage for maternity expenses.
How do I know if I get Maternity Allowance?
Maternity Allowance is a government-funded benefit that can be obtained if a woman cannot receive statutory maternity pay. It is typically granted when a woman has been employed or self-employed for 26 weeks before her due date, with at least £30 a week earned for 13 of those weeks. Additionally, if a woman’s spouse or civil partner runs a business, she may be eligible for Maternity Allowance.
How do I follow up on my maternity benefit?
The status of the claim may be ascertained by accessing the SSS website at www. sss. gov. ph or by contacting the Call Center at 920-6446 to 55.
How long does it take to get your first Maternity Allowance payment?
Maternity Allowance is available for up to 39 weeks, commencing from the 26th week of pregnancy, with payments initiated between the 11th week preceding the estimated date of delivery and the day following the infant’s birth.
When should I get my Maternity Allowance?
An application for Maternity Allowance may be submitted following the completion of 26 weeks of gestation, with disbursements commencing from the 11th week prior to the estimated date of delivery.
Does Maternity Allowance get backdated?
The earliest time to claim Maternity Allowance (MA) is the 15th week before your baby’s due date, around week 26 of pregnancy. Payments can start up to 11 weeks before the baby’s due date, and you can choose when leave and pay should start. Backdating your claim for up to 3 months is possible under certain conditions, but late claims risk losing out. If you own a limited company and pay yourself through PAYE, you should qualify for Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) as an employee. If you don’t qualify, you can apply for MA as an employed person.
How long does it take to hear back from Maternity Allowance?
A determination regarding the claim in question is to be rendered within a period of 20 working days. In the event that the requisite eligibility is met, a form will be dispatched to the applicant, confirming entitlement and requesting the date of cessation of employment prior to the commencement of the aforementioned leave. Should you disagree with the decision, you are entitled to request a mandatory reconsideration, which is a process for challenging a decision.
How do I follow up on a reimbursement request?
In a polite manner, it would be advisable to request the reimbursement status, payment confirmation, and an update on the payment deadline. The sender has submitted a reimbursement claim for a specified amount and is requesting confirmation that the claim has been received and is being processed. This will facilitate the expedient processing of the claim.
How do I know if my maternity claim is approved?
Upon approval of a sickness or maternity claim, the SSS will remit the designated beneficiary’s benefit payment to the member’s bank account. The SSS will then notify the beneficiary via text message or email, allowing them to confirm the payment details.
How long does it take to get maternity reimbursement?
The legislation requires that employers provide maternity benefits within 30 days of the filing of the leave request. In order to enroll GCash as a disbursement account, self-employed, voluntary, OFW, or non-working spouse SSS members are required to adhere to a series of prescribed steps prior to the submission of their SSS Maternity Benefit claim.
📹 Nurse Sentenced for Giving Fatal Dose of Wrong Drug in Error
In March of 2022, nurse RaDonda Vaught was convicted of giving a 75-year-old woman a fatal dose of the wrong medication.
I once accidentally gave the wrong dose of an iron supplement to a young child. It was the one and only mistake I’ve made in my entire career. Nobody was hurt, and the issue was corrected, but I still think about it. I cant imagine how much worse it would be if my mistake had killed someone. I hope she’s okay.
The most frightening part about this case was that the hospital tried to cover it up, even when the nurse came forward with the mistake immediately. She was the one blamed for everything. The hospital faced no consequences (except a severe staffing shortage because they showed just how little they value their nurses)
I was an LPN and I made three med errors in two years. I self-reported them (long story makes it easy to see how they could happen when you’re trying to do more than one person can) and only one error would have been known otherwise. My license was revoked. The Nevada nursing board members told me they don’t make mistakes. But hey, I didn’t have to be a nurse during the pandemic. Thank you, God!
A hospital dropped my 97 y.o. dad on his head and it killed him. My mother said to forgive and asked the hospital to have meetings to find a way to ensure that this never happens again. They did, and were very serious about it, giving my mother a copy of the minutes of each meeting. Accidents and mistakes happen even in the best of circumstances. Learn to forgive. It’s hard sometimes but try.
Thank you for forgiving her, we live in a society today where there is no grace for any mistakes. I pray she forgives herself as well. I was a nurse for 17 years and the patient load and expectations for nurses were bad back then. I can’t believe what they expect out of you today. My last job they gave me half the floor to take care of, they all were alot of fresh surgery’s needing medications. I was in tears by the end of my shift, so I went to the head nurse that morning when I got off and said if this is the way you do nursing I don’t do it this way and left that job.
I was an elementary teacher for 30 years. If I made a mistake on a child’s test, I could easily correct it and maybe give the child a sticker for pointing it out. I was forever grateful that a teacher’s error wasn’t lethal. My heart goes out to the doctors and nurses who make a mistake and it has devasting consequences.
Being on strong pain meds for almost 20 years, the only time I overdosed was in the hospital because of a nurse. Also a pharmacist gave my pills to some lady and gave me her pills. I told her and she freaked out and called the lady. Luckily she didn’t take my pills because it would have killed her. With certain jobs, you have to be very cautious and pay attention.
Analyzing her body language, it’s clear she’s not a bad person. She was honest to own up to her mistake as soon as she realized. I have so much respect for the family for giving her another chance. It’s painful to lose a family member, but they were also very compassionate and wise to not let anger and hatred get to them, knowing that this was all just a mistake. I hope the nurse and the family can move on with their lives happily!
I would encourage everyone right now to read more into this case, this is WAY more than meets the eye. This nurse was essentially thrown under the bus by the hospital she was working at where this occurred. The hospital was already having flawed procedures and electronic communication issues where nurses were constantly having to override the system to get any medication for patients which played a big part in this mistake happening. Right after she gave the fatal dose, she realized it and from the beginning told the truth about what happened, but the hospital is the one that didn’t tell. Seriously, look into all of the full story. I’m not a nurse, so nurses feel free to correct anything I might have said wrong.
This again shows that nursing isn‘t just cleaning up behind patients and putting on a few band-aids. Every healthcare professional including myself knows how just one error can impact others as drastically as this and it’s terrifying. It should also act as a reminder to all the CEOs, managers, Directors and so on how dangerous it is to have overworked and understaffed personnel. Glad the family was able to forgive her
The fact that she immediately admitted her mistake speaks volume for her character. Both my grandparents use visits from nurses for thier medications – one day we got a call that they had switched up their medicines. They had told thier agencies hours after the fact, but hadn’t said anything to us while we were in the room with them just after they had done it. And we knew they realised the issue immediately because they were being weird and discussing something while still in the house. Thankfully everything was OK. But it could have been really bad as they had completely different medications and we were left with the decision of whether we needed to take them both to A&E to get thier stomachs pumped as the agency offered no advice
I don’t think people realize how incompetent you have to be to make this mistake. Even if she had administered the right medicine, she still broke protocol by NOT monitoring the patient right afterwards for having given a sedative. The bottle literally says PARALYTIC on it. I do not think she should get jail time, but she absolutely should never work as a nurse again
I’m in nursing school and this scenario terrifies me more than anything. I double and triple check everything even if it takes me longer than my classmates because hurting someone because of not doing so would devastate me. I wouldn’t be able to live with it. Like I said, it terrifies me. A human life is precious and needs to be safeguarded at all times.
Props to the family of the deceased for showing forgiveness. I’ve been on the receiving end of a medical mistake made by a healthcare worker that could have ended in me bleeding out to death. I didn’t make a scene because I know mistakes happen and it wasnt due to gross negligence. We all make mistakes. I make mistakes at my job but I also work with computers and files so my mistakes have far less dangerous consequences. I hope she comes to the point where she can forgive herself.
This is why I could never work in the medical field. I make those “tiny” mistakes more than I’d like to admit with small things, wrong spice, wrong label etc. Never on purpose, but still annoying when I do it obviously because it sets me back. The thought of accidentally grabbing the wrong medication to give to a person or animal terrifies me. I don’t think I’d be able to handle the guilt.
This is terrifying. You trust your doctors and nurses, with your life. I think it’s a good idea for family to double check medications given to a loved one. No, we shouldn’t have to, but after this… I will be checking. I don’t think jail time was appropriate. This was a horrendous mistake, but she will have to live with it for the rest of her life. It’s sad all the way around.
She knows she is responsible for the death of someone’s family member. This will most likely follow her for her entire life. I feel so bad for her, she never wanted any of this to happen, yet her life has been forever changed. I’m so sorry for the family and for the nurse. No one should have to go through any of this.
Yeah she held herself accountable an was straight up honest, alot of people would’ve played dumb like I dunno what happened she didn’t, that says alot about her character I fully believe it was accidental no need to sentence her to prison, it’s a sad ordeal nonetheless I’m glad her an the family involved can move forward threw this tragedy
As far as I’ve read. She reported her accident immediately when it happened and she didn’t try to run or hide from the problem. The family forgave her. And most importantly while covid is still running rampant I’m sure this poor nurse is working 70+ hours a week and is dead ass tired with minimal help. Save our medical division America. We need them
My sister’s doctor gave her penicillin back in 1968. It was an emergency, and he did not know that she was allergic. He became my family’s doctor after the older doctor (who made house calls) died. My sister had a bad reaction that sent her into coma. I was angry of course, but I eventually forgave him, as did our family. He apologized and I guess he expected us to sue, but he had did many charitable things for our community and was a good person. To take his license would have meant bad healthcare outcomes for poorer patients that he served. This was a mistake, a tragic one.
Same happened with me. My doctor prescribed me what I was allergic to and a higher dose. When to get the prescription filled and the lady behind the counter asked what I was allergic to. I told her and she done a slow turn of her head looking at me, then pointed to the drug and told me it was what I was allergic to and the strongest does they had. He would have sent me to the ER that week. The lady saved my life.
I’m even tearing up. Accidents happen.. like seriously. She reported her wrongs and tried to right it the best she could because she genuinely felt bad. If she did it on purpose or simply didn’t care, it would be a completely different case. But she clearly was so stressed and so burdened with self guilt. I wish her peace. I really do
This is one of those bittersweet things. You’re not celebrating because someone got away with murder or because someone is not being punished. This was genuinely a mistake and the person did the right thing. The family has forgiven her and her life does not need to be ruined because of this mistake. Even though it’s very tragic. She will live the rest of her life. Thinking about this that will be her punishment. She has a conscience.
The fact that a nurse has to go through this puts people off nursing, there is enough reasons to put people off nursing. One day there will be no nurses left. You better hope you never need one! Thank you to all the amazing nurses that have taken care of me since birth and now through my cancer journey, couldn’t do this without you! ❤
My mom was a Heart nurse for 40 years and this was one of her greatest fears. She said she loved her profession but at the same time she hated it because if you give the wrong dose to one of the patients anything such as a lawsuit/sue would definitely happen. She also dealt with many families and knew she had to be careful
I’ve been an RN since 1976. I’ve seen or heard about 100s or 1000s of med errors, with no way to tell how many people have died from this, meaning patients of all ages. Nurses don’t have time to do research on every med that they give every time. Working 12+ hours at a time is also very dangerous for the patients. No nurse should ever be scheduled for over 8 hours per day. Voice of experience.
I’m so happy she was not sentenced because she is not a murder so she will forever live with the guilt. So sad she probably had a full career of helping people and then one fatal accident has flipped her world upside down. I pray she forgives herself 🙏🏾 I’m so thankful that the family showed her compassion even in their grief. It’s still good in the world 🌎
I love all the support that she got, I also love how the family of the victim forgave her… they showed a lot of compassion and behaved accordingly, this nurse isn’t a murderer… she made a fatal mistake… which she has to live with, and I’m sure she thinks and tortures herself about that everyday. I’m glad to see a nurse hasn’t been heavily punished, this story restores my faith a little in humanity 🙏 R.I.P 🙏
A few years ago I brought my child into the ER for a suicide attempt. To calm her down they gave her an adult dose of an anti-psychotic medication that calms adults with mental health breaks (such as scitzophrenia). She now has a disorder called Dystonia that our Children’s Hospital had to help keep from causing her to literally die from her muscles closing in her neck. Her body now goes into a full bind without warning. It looks like a seizure or stroke, but she is conscious the entire time. She can scream until it closes her airway. For the rest of her life. All from one ER visit that was meant to save her life. She was 8. She is now 11. There is no cure, and my sister-in-law was furious with me for saying I wanted to sue to hospital for this. It caused a break in our family since sister-in-law is a nurse and said that it’s not like they killed my child. They kind of did, though, didn’t they? I am going to say that I am in the camp of they cannot make mistakes like this. It ruins lives and families.
I gave that same sedation medication she was suppose to give(Versed) for a patient in cat scan the other day. This case was on my mind the entire time. The system I work for is flawed in some of the same ways. Overworked physician/nurses, lack of equipment I needed (because the facility refused to buy it), the need to bypass safety measures to provide timely care. My patient was a pediatric patient having a stroke, and I would not have changed one thing I did differently.
As a nurse myself, most nurses know that situation she was in: doctor screaming at you, management wanting faster and faster turnovers, and long hours without knowing truly the end of your shift or a break. I’m really glad she was not convicted of any sort of intentional homicide giving she was completely honest to her mistake. It doesn’t excuse her for her mistake-she still killed someone. But, it would really be an abysmal precedent to set for all following cases. It would’ve made RNs think twice about being honest. The hospitals/big business doesn’t give a damn about patient or staff when it comes down to the holy dollar.
I was in a hospital where they almost gave my son a dose twice because the nurse did not read that it was already administered. Fortunately, I’m crazy enough to speak up. I asked what was the nurse doing and I said, no, all of that has already been done. This was in North Carolina, USA. Sad that we have to lookout for ourselves in hospitals. My Mom wasn’t so lucky. She was treated for covid by a doctor in South Africa when she actually was suffering from heart failure and she passed. We did get a sorry only and no accountability from the doctor.
My dad needed a blood transfusion once and they almost gave him the wrong blood type! I walked into the room just before they started. They asked my dad his blood type and trusted him on it, but his body had been under tremendous stress and he got confused and gave them the wrong type. They were just going to take his word for it, but when I stopped it, they did the formal blood type test to double check. I was right and we avoided a serious mistake. And it was the doctor, not the nurse !
RaDonda clearly made a grievous error that ended a beautiful life. This wasn’t lost on her & she reported her actions. It was truly a mistake & RaDonda will relive it for the rest of her life. She will punish herself daily. You don’t need to beat someone down further when they’re already doing it themselves. We’re human & because we’re human, unfortunately, we make mistakes. No malice was intended. I was in the hospital for a complete hysterectomy & the nurse came in to give me an injection of pain meds. Unfortunately, she didn’t read the chart right & gave me an overdose of morphine. The doctors, my surgeon & the nurse came into my room to tell me what had happened. They were transparent & watched me till I was over the worst of it. I just remember feeling so bad for the nurse. Her face said it all & she kept apologizing to me.
I guarantee anyone reading this has made countless mistakes at their work, even major ones from time to time. I know I have.. But when a doctor or nurse makes a mistake it can be devastating and cause loss of life.. I cannot imagine living with that over my head as I went to work everyday knowing that if I made even a simple error, someone might die. Kudos to the family, and I hope the nurse can move on and get tome peace after this is over <3
As a nurse it breaks my heart seeing this scenario. 11 years in the service and thank God haven’t done medication error that may harm the patient. Individual checking and two nurses should double check high alert medications. Maybe 9 more years and I will stop being a nurse. Its actually very tiring profession.
I could never imagine living with an accident like that on my mind at all times. My condolences go out to the family affected, and to Ms. Vaught as well. She will always have people that will assume the worst of her, even when she, in good faith, made it CLEAR what happened as SOON as it happened. Good to see her free, all too many times we see people get charged falsely.
Goes to show the world we live in when war criminal presidents don’t even get charged for their genocides overseas but a nurse that made a mistake unintentionally faced a possible 6 years inside but just about got away with it. How on earth can someone have been even considered for jailtime for something unintentional and without malice?
This almost happened to my brother when he was just a teenager. A nurse gave too much of a dose of medication to stop an asthma attack & my brother flat lined… They revived him.. He was gone for about 10 mins. The nurse was suspended & when she came back my brother was still in the hospital… He ended up throwing up on her one night bc she didn’t bring in a tub for him to do it in & he laughed & said that was pay back for her being so negligent. My mom said that nurse should have been fired.
Being a nurse, it’s preached that when a mistake is realised we must report it immediately then measures to treat to counteract the error may help recovery. Immediate reporting not only allows statistic tracking of errors but it is a matter of honor and honesty that builds the trust and reputation of employees. As a nurse, I have made errors. I have never heard anyone in the medical profession say they have never made a mistake. I would doubt the honesty of anyone who would say it. This hospital’s action may be rationalized as blame shifting. It’s a given that they will have staffing difficulty in the future as they have the reputation of throwing employees under the bus. I can see a decrease in error reporting in their future. The board of nursing actions in this case were shocking.
She’s saved so many lives as a nurse and it’s sad and unfair how she’s in court. You can tell she’s emotionally scarred for life and all she wanted to do was be in a career that helps others. One mistake can ruin everything for someone which is unfair. This gives me anxiety at my job every day. I pray for her that she doesn’t fully blame herself for making a human mistake and not having the support to have someone double check the medication with her before giving it to the lady. Prayers for all families involved.
A nurse almost over medicated my wife while laughing that she had never given anyone this much. We didn’t let he administer the drugs after seeing how the situation was unfolding and requested the on call doctor. When he got to the hospital he scolded her saying she had already given to much as it was. He couldn’t start the surgery to remove her ruptured tube because her pulse was to weak for the anesthesia. She almost killed my wife with a smile.
As for this lady I feel bad for her I’m glad she didn’t get sentenced to prison. She didn’t do it on purpose when you can tell she is very upset and saddened by it. I also feel for the family of the woman now deceased. I am glad the family forgave her and didn’t wish to se her behind bars. I’m sure her knowing what she did accidentally is something hauting to her already
I watched other news coverage of this situation and it was stated that this nurse made a total of 17 mistakes when she was administering the drug to the patient. Including failing to read and check the label on the bottle. That is UNACCEPTABLE when you’re handling all kinds of medications to administer to patients.
She already has a life sentence of living with her mistake. I have had patients die, and I can spend years second guessing how I handled the situation, and if there was something I could have done differently. If I feel that way about a death where I was NOT negligent, I can’t imagine how I would be able to live with this mistake.
Doesn’t matter how long you’ve been doing something. ALWAYS second guess yourself. It’s amazing what you can catch when you think you’ve done something perfect, when you blind eye-check and recheck. Not an ego business. I had a near miss yesterday that I caught at the last second and I swear I almost had a heart attack.
At my hospital my dr i had for 14 years Surgeon he has check list before anything happens, and before i am put to sleep. check check for My allergies and double check all medications going be used for operation room for office of anything needs be Given to someone and at any scan if getting any medications at time . All hospitals should do that always double check the bottle of medicine no matter what . I have 8 nurses in my family i know how hard it for them and how hard they work and automatic spencery can mess up too give wrong medications so have double check it .
TL;DR: The hospital should be the one held accountable for trying to cover this up after Vaught confessed to the mistake right after the incident. If no one gave an anonymous tip to the authorities, she would still have her medical license wc is scary af. As someone who comes from a family of medical professionals, my own mom is a nurse, & I’m in medical school, when this case first gained traction the whole medical community was up in arms about it, including my family. Everyone was so angry that she was being publicly prosecuted etc. & ofc since the nurses’ union is one of the most powerful unions in the country, the lobbyists were also extra powerful working their voodoo w the media, making ppl even angrier. However, as the trial went on, it became pretty clear that that not only did she make a fatal mistake, Vanderbilt also tried to cover it up. Now, there’s A LOT of things about the medical system that needs to be fixed, including the staffing issues Vaught’s lawyers claims to be the root of the error. However, she blatantly ignored multiple warnings. FIVE warnings to be exact. She overrode FIVE warnings that she was about to give a paralytic. Like??? She’s been a nurse long enough to at least wonder why tf her patient would need a paralytic dose that strong. Most nurses would’ve questioned the doctor for ordering that (wc the doctor didn’t, they ordered versed). I’m not saying she should go to prison for an honest medical error that she won’t be able to make again given that her license has been revoked, wc is deserved.
This is why I always ask what they give me EVERY TIME. This patient could have been me bc it has happened a few times. I’m allergic to 7 meds. What’s just as scary is 2 years ago as Drs were moving me from one surgical table to another before hernia surgery in Nashville I was dropped almost to the floor. I was hanging on for “dear life” bc I am paralyzed below the waist. They started to give me the “knock out” drugs, so I knew it was happening but I was only (supposed to) have “short time” memory of it. Meaning I only knew of it at that time. I woke up feeling I had gotten ran over and at first didn’t know why until my memory of it came back. Technically I shouldn’t have remembered it but I did even with a Dilaudid pain pump (bc I’m allergic to Morphine) going off every 8 minutes.
My mum is a nurse and still going strong with the job. Even just working at a clinic it was stressful to the point she was in tears every night by the way she was treated by patients and by the shear amount of work that was thrown onto her. Taking phone calls, working on pool messages, doing refills, rooming patients, Covid testing, and many other miscellaneous jobs every day from 6 am to 6 pm. All I got to say is my hat comes off to all of the nurses because it is one hard job. Mistakes will happen but it should be avoided at all costs!
I have a marginally stressful job. I do inside sales for a large company and have nearly 100 stores as clients constantly calling with questions, placing orders, checking on orders and so on. I make little mistakes all the time due to stress, forgetting to place an order, forgetting to return a call, messing up some other minor detail. My job is nowhere near as stressful as what I assume the job of a nurse to be. I simply can’t imagine just how easy it would be to make a simple mistake in a profession where mistakes just can’t happen. This only adding to the stress. I’m glad the outcome of this didn’t result in prison time, intent has to be considered for there to be true justice.
Strangely, I’m okay with how this turned out. Both for the Guilty verdict, and the sentence by the judge. The verdict makes this clear: her actions were a crime. They did cause legitimate injury to someone, and that injury resulted in death. But, the sentence was within the Judge’s discretion to impose, it was what the family members of the victim wanted, and it does fit within the confines of the law. While I do believe she was guilty of a crime, I’m not going to say she deserved jail….or rather that ONLY she deserved jail. I think that if Vaught was going to be sentenced to prison, the senior administrators of the hospital that set up this terrible confluence of events should be going right alongside her. Because as much as the needle might have been in her hand, it was that flawed overworking system, that caused her to be under such strain, that she lost her focus and made this mistake.
I was an RN for 30 years. If I made an error like that, I would reconsider my career choice, at least to consider a nursing path where I would not be administering meds. And I super glad she’s not going to jail. She did not deserve that. Thousands of med errors happen daily, including fatal and near fatal ones. It’s a systemic problem that must be fixed.
Almost the same happened to me last year after a fatal mistake during my brain surgery went unnoticed. Got admitted home Friday night after the post-surgery check-ups. Was found passed out in my own vomit and blood Saturday morning. Got rushed into the ER, where emergency surgery (after PROPER check-ups) was performed. My parents were told that 30 minutes later I would‘ve been dead. That small mistake which went unnoticed throughout several check-ups almost cost me my life. Everyone makes mistakes and they don‘t always necessarily make you a bad person but I‘m really glad she lost her license and can never make a mistake like this ever again.
i work in healthcare. i know many nurses i work with who stand up for this nurse. with that being said, i find it inexcusable. if any of the nurses i work with had this happen to their families, they would be SUING THE ENTIRE SYSTEM and they would be protesting and they would be stomping and hollering …
My Son has been an RN for 5 yrs now in Central Florida. In all that time, he has gone in an hour early every day without pay, by choice, to study the charts of the patients he would be caring for those evenings. He is 35 and one of the most compassionate people I have ever met. He is married with no children and offers to work Holidays so that those with families can be home. I feel it takes a Special Person to chose this Job but I feel this kind of mistake would be a hard one to make…My son would be in tears speaking with the family of the person he just killed by an error he made. I’m afraid to say it could have pushed him over the edge…. I want to defend this Nurse, and I do, but I would have liked to have seen a little more emotion in her speech to this family.
She is still human, she regretted it and even reported her mistake when it happened and feels terrible, these mistakes happen all the time, especially if a nurse or doctor is working at a very busy hospital, they can get easily distracted and miss something so easily. Although a life was taken, she shows deep remorse and even the family know that she made an error. I’m really glad she was put on probation and wasn’t given prison time because that would have made matters worse for both sides, especially since the death was accidental and not intentional.
I have a Nursing Degree and while I feel for her with everything that transpired and the outcome, I cannot see how this could possibly happen. Vecuronium Bromide is a paralysing agent, not a sedative. It’s used for intubation during anaesthesia. And before drug companies put a stop to it, was used in lethal injections. I fail to see how this could have possibly occurred.
I know there’s a warning label, and you’d think from an outside pov that that’s enough to be alarmed, especially when there’s also an anti override, but I can tell you it’s definitely not enough to cause alarm! A sleepy nurse who’s as also training someone, and routinely had to override basically every medication(due to hospital faul), it’s easy to make an error. I regularly have to override things at my job(not a nurse), and check ids, etc, but occasionally I forget. I’m usually not training someone or working doubles either. Luckily my mistakes don’t kill, but she just got unlucky once. That’s all it took. I feel for her.
This error was egregious. As a medically complex patient who has been in hospital frequently, I count on nurses to follow procedure and double check themselves. Nurses make mistakes, but every precaution meant to prevent this tragedy was ignored, and that is more than a simple mistake. I am glad she was held accountable. I am also glad she doesn’t face jail time. I don’t think jail is the right punishment. I am even more glad that she finally apologized. The family deserves that much.
I’m really glad she didn’t get jail time, but something needs to be done about the amount of errors that result in deaths. Either find a way to reduce the workload on the nursing staff (nearly impossible I know) or put triple and quadruple safeguard checks in place. I don’t know how I would react if I found out my loved one was dead because of something completely avoidable.
While I agree with everyone’s sentiments about the nurse’s honesty, the family’s kindness, the fact that errors were made and the sheer tragedy of the incident. I think it’s also worth acknowledging the possible contribution of the working conditions of healthcare staff. In particular the well known trope of the underpaid and overworked nurse in an understaffed hospital. A trope that’s so prominent that it’s known globally.
This is exactly what kept me from becoming a nurse. I wanted to go into this field but i couldnt deal with the possibility that I could make an error and harm someone. And also knowing I could be found criminally responsible definitely kept me away from nursing school. I’m so happy this nurse did not receive jail time. It was an accident.
yeah no this is why I opted out of being a nurse, mistakes like that could cost me my freedom so only the best of the best should be able to work in the medical field. Edit: Which is why going into the medical field just for the money or to make your parents proud is not a good idea, you need to have a passion for it and a love to save people, which I didn’t have and i’m glad I didn’t continue with it.
As a partial caregiver to an aging parent, Mom, Wife, & for myself this is definitely going to be in the back of my mind. That so many nurses supported a nurse knowing she overrode safety protocols & the outcome was someone dying. Now we shouldn’t pay attention to that part? Y’all go ahead. I’ll keep being vigilant over my loved ones. I don’t expect perfection. I expect safety protocols to be followed.
As one who has been wrongly dosed by nurses TWICE I warn my friends and family to never be alone in a hospital. You need someone to double check what they’re doing. One incident sent me from the care floor to intensive care! The other the nurse tried to give me insulin because she thought I was diabetic – I am not! What does this say about the training and testing they receive? She’ll be forgiven, great, but a good person is dead for no good reason. It happens frequently, look at the stats. Something needs to be fixed!
How does putting someone in prison or on probation for making a genuine error that they reported as soon as they found out do anything? Genuine mistakes aren’t something that probation or prison will stop from happening; they’re mistakes. This is disgusting and this woman doesn’t deserve any of this.
I’m still trying to figure out how this happened. Did she forget to scan the medication before giving it? Even if you pull the wrong medication from the pyxis or omnicell you still have to scan the patient’s ID band and then scan the medication. At that point it will tell you “Hey this patient is not prescribed this medication. (in so many words)”. The system will stop you in you tracks. Did she not pull the right medication and not scan it? This has still not been explained.
Did she lose her license? I would think she would. That was a horrible mistake. I as a Nurse; whenever an order for a narcotic and or such as she gave the golden rule was to have a 2nd nurse witness and observe, as well as checking behind you and signing off with you before a med like this is given. The “Buddy System” is A MUST in cases like this giving such meds.
It took her 4 years to apologize? I was very happy for their forgiveness and understanding of mistakes happening, but now it’s even more messed up. How do you accidentally take someone’s life and not apologize to the family? Unless the reporter is wrong, haven’t been following the story. Amazing family to ask the judge to show mercy without ever hearing an apology.
You can tell how remorseful she is, this woman made a terrible mistake, and she will have to live the rest of her life with that, which is a sentence enough. I hope she can move forward and forgive herself. Condolences to the grieving family, their compassion is powerful, and they should be so proud of themselves for the humanity they’ve displayed in this trial.
This was very hard for me to watch because the same exact thing happened to my father. The only difference is my sister and I decided not to sue the hospital or the nurse involved because our father was big on forgiveness. The nurse was able to just walk away. Whether the hospital reprimanded her or not, I don’t know, but they did admit their mistake. Here’s what happened >>> My father woke up one morning feeling a little dizzy so my sister took him to emergency. They couldn’t tell by the tests they ran what was causing it. The doctor ordered a Slow Drip of something but the nurse made a devastating error and gave it to him in a Fast Drip. The speed of the drug entering his system caused him to go into cardiac arrest Code Blue. They were able to revive him but he was never the same after that. He died three days later. The nurse thought she was a comedian. She was making jokes and being lighthearted before she made the fatal mistake. She should have gone into stand up comedy as her profession because she was not paying attention to her work. As it turned out all that was wrong with our father was he was low on magnesium. It was as simple as that but it cost him his life. My father was brilliant and kindhearted. We miss him so very much. 💔
I’m glad the family showed her mercy because this is one of thoes accident that could have happened to anybody. Although her mistake caused the death of a loved one, I feel it would’ve been unfair to sentence her to 6yrs jail time as it’s clear that the nurse never meant to murder someone. So crazy how such a small accident could cause such a horrible outcome. May granny rest in pease & know that she was loved. ❤️
Years ago I was delivering pharmaceuticals to a nursing home one of the nurses had given the wrong meds to mutable patients the place was in a panic. I’m not sure if any of the patients died, but I’ll never forget it. Another time the Pharmacy sent the wrong dosage. Ten times more than it should have been luckily the nurse caught it.
As a 40 year ICU nurse and a 30 year professor of nursing, I would have been joining any group or boycott plan if she was jailed. No malicious intent! We let real criminals go free and let them be released very early. It would damage our profession in unspeakable (wink wink) ways. Thank you for mercy!
What really needs to be addressed is the working conditions and fast paced nature of medical institutions that work professionals into the ground. If you’ve ever been a nurse you’ll understand what its like to be pinged and called from one place to another every minute, all while still having to keep your composure and accuracy in a 24/7 high stress environment. It’s really not her fault; its the infrastructure and workplace that needs to be blamed here. No one ever wants to blame the corporation or the industry but rather find an individual scapegoat. Mistakes like this will continue to happen until someone actually questions the working environment of many hospitals and nursing homes.
I’m really impressed with the family. They know it wasn’t intentional and a grave fatal error. They chose compassion. I give them huge credit for this in a world were accountability isn’t used. I hope they find peace. The nurse seems to understand the pain she caused….I hope she works harder to double check all meds she gives to a patient.
Im trying to wrap my head around this. Im not a nurse but I was a direct care service provider who administered medications to patients several times a day in several different group homes that were INCREDIBLY chaotic (I worked with adults who were severely disabled, both physically and mentally). I never once administered an incorrect med. I would be interested to hear directly from the nurse a step by step play of exactly how this mistake occured.
I feel for her… she really didn’t mean too and was completely honest about it from the very beginning. You can tell from her raw emotion that she has so much remorse. I’m glad she didn’t get any jail time… she didn’t deserve it I’m glad the family forgave her because she deserved that as well. I wish her all the best in her emotional healing as well as the family.
I have a friend who is a nurse. She once started a new job where they tried to give her like 30 patients at once when a nurse really shouldn’t have more than 10. She voiced her concerns about how it’s impossible to provide quality care for that many people without support. They didn’t listen. She quit on the spot.
This is one of the many reasons I could never be a nurse. Fighting in court because you made a mistake that you IMMEDIATELY reported, even at the risk of getting in trouble is just nonsense. And yet so many medical professionals do a lot worse and get away with it. I’m glad she is alright and it is really something else to see that the family forgave her.
I think I have a lot of respect for the family. I believe they realize that it was nothing but a mistake. I’m a registered nurse for 34 years we make hundreds of decisions a shift there’s a very small margin for error. Regrettably, errors still can’t happen. Much respect to the family for forgiving her.
Yes, she made a mistake. However, the fact she killed a granny makes me really sad, I never had the chance to meet my grandma and for what I’ve heard she was an amazing person and it feels rought. I definitely think she should face some kind of consequence regardless it was a mistake. Yes, she will always remember that by a medical error she killed a person, but that’s forgivable if you ask me. I’m not saying she should face jail, but just some penalty other than 3 years of provation.
I’m so glad they didn’t sentence her to prison. I’ve been to jail (i know it’s not prison; I violated probation but I’m over a year sober now) and it absolutely sucks. It’s so detrimental to someone’s mental health. It’s honestly cruel. But she took responsibility right away, and I’m glad that despite the tragedy, the family wasn’t resentful and she gets to walk freely.
Doctors make these mistakes far often than you would ever think possible. This is insane that charges were ever considered for a legitimate med error. We all make mistakes at work, and the closer you get to patient care the more dangerous mistakes become. Sending a nurse to prison for an unintentional med error would have further decimated the nursing industry and the morale of already burned out, overstressed workers. That being said, the family seem like kind, gracious souls that were willing to forgive. God bless them.
This seems a strong reason not to take up nursing as a career. I realise she specifically didnt get prison, but just the possibility that a mistake could cost you years behind bars is chilling. Doctors have malpractice insurance – they don’t risk getting sent to Sing-Sing. Even if you’re on your toes, triple checking everything you do, what guarantees that during decades of 17 hour shifts you won’t slip up eventually?
For what it’s worth, there’s a million checks a nurse, even a lowly med tech does to prevent this from ever happening. I’ve been both a medical assistant, and a cna. The gross incompentance it would take to deliver the wrong meds is astronomical. I have also almost been killed by bad nurses giving out meds to the wrong patient. So being on both sides of the fence i strongly support convictions in these cases.
Why should she have gone to prison for this?? It was an accident. There’s nothing to rehabilitate or learn from in prison. She is not a danger to society. This makes me so angry. It is scary to see that she had to go through all this. I’m sure it was excruciating for her and I guarantee that she already feels horrible about it.
So many patients died when covid hit….and a lot of the nurses were scared of going in the isolation covid rooms . So many patients died due to negligence,. I saw it personally while working in the hospital for eight years as a housekeeper/EVS. It was horrible to watch. …as one by one passed away. a very scary experience for all staff. The hospital wasn’t allowing any visitation from the patients family members,…so it was easy for some nurses to neglect the patients.