Here’s what I think is a fair analogy. Let’s say a nurse is supposed to give a patient a dose of medicine X. But in her haste (it’s a hectic time on the floor) the nurse gives the patient a dose of medicine Y instead - even though it clearly says Y (not X) on the label.
Is that nurse guilty of anything criminal?
To be fair, the patient would have to be sitting behind the wheel of a running car and trying to escape. The patient would also need to have an arrest warrant for a gun and the possibility she had one under the covers.
Most medical errors are corrected in civil cases. btw.
Did the patient die?
NASHVILLE (WSMV) - A former Vanderbilt nurse who’s on trial for administering a deadly dose of the wrong drug to a patient has officially lost her nurse’s license.
Back in December 2017, 75-year-old Charlene Murphy died after Radonda Vaught gave her a fatal dose of Vecuronium Bromide, a drug that causes paralysis, instead of Versed, which treats anxiety.
Vaught was charged with patient abuse and reckless homicide. She was let go from Vanderbilt University Medical Center on January 3, 2018.