Exploring Nurses' Safety in the Workplace (On-Demand Virtual CE Offering)

CE Information

6.0 contact hours

Completion Time

6 hours

Available Until

December 24, 2025

Posted By

Utah Nurses Association

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Overview

Specialties

Educational/Research, Management/Admin/Leadership, Other, and Professional Development

Clinical Topics

Mental Health

Speakers incorporate strategies to address workplace and medication safety issues faced by nurses employed in all healthcare workplace settings.

Utah nurse expert and law enforcement speakers present a wide lens on workplace safety and the ongoing challenges and solutions to keeping nurses safe in all practice environments.

RaDonda Vaught, BSN, covers her extraordinary experience in "Criminalizing Errors," a 2-hour presentation with follow-up audience questions. Results of group breakout discussions on the lived experience of medications errors are presented for comparison to your individual experience.

Live Conference participants' comments included:

"I loved the suite of information on workplace violence through different lenses, and RaDonda’s presentation was incredible!"

"This conference was well organized and provided helpful, relevant information."

"This was absolutely phenomenal. That’s all."

Please address questions or access issues to office@utnurse.org

Learning Objectives

Demonstrate understanding of workplace violence risks and prevention strategies, including hazard recognition, organizational policies, de-escalation techniques, and reporting protocols, to actively participate in and advocate for comprehensive violence prevention programming.

Speakers

RaDonda Vaught BSN

RaDonda Vaught was the subject of one of the highest profile healthcare criminal cases in recent years. She holds a BSN and a Certificate in Leadership from Western Kentucky University. While working as a BSN prepared registered nurse, Mrs. Vaught committed a medication error that ended the life of a patient in 2017. She was charged under administrative law by the Tennessee Department of Health, leading to the revocation of her nursing license by the Tennessee Board of Nursing in a July 2021 hearing. Additionally, she was charged under criminal law and found guilty by jury trial of two felony charges in March of 2022: Negligent Homicide, and Abuse of an Impaired Adult, with placement on an Elder Abuse registry in the state of Tennessee. Mrs. Vaught is uniquely qualified to speak first hand on the impact this sentinel event has had on her life and her profession, along with the implications of the legal actions that followed. A passionate advocate for safety and improvement, her story will be one that is not easily forgotten.

CE Information

This activity offers 6.0 contact hours to attendees.

Accredited by University of Utah Health.

The Conference is jointly planned with the Accredited Provider, University of Utah Health, to provide Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) contact hours and to be available as an on-demand CNE course following the live presentation for those unable to attend the virtual Zoom. Attendees may earn 6.0 contact hours by attending the entire activity and completing the post-assessment

University of Utah Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.