Exploring Utah Nurses' Safety in the Workplace
Webinar/Online
Friday, October 24, 2025 at 9:00am MT - 5:00pm MT
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Topic
Workplace and Medication Safety
Credits Offered
This event offers
6.0 contact hours
to attendees.
Accreditation Info:
The Conference is being 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. University of Utah Health is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation..
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YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS THIS PROGRAM!
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UNA’s Fall Conference will focus on workplace and medication safety. Speakers will incorporate strategies to address safety issues faced by nurses employed in all settings including hospitals, schools, public health, education, clinics and offices.
We are excited to host RaDonda Vaught, BSN, live via video, "Criminalizing Errors," in an hour presentation and 30-minute Q&A.
Ms. Vaught will share her profound personal story. Her case made headlines in March 2022 when a jury found her guilty of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult in the death of a patient to whom she accidentally gave the wrong medication. She will speak 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.
UNA is also pleased to feature Utah’s own
- Scott Christensen, PhD, MBA, APRN, ACNP-BC, Sr. Nursing Director and Nurse Scientist at the University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics on “Breaking the Silence: Speaking Up About Workplace Violence” and
- Brittania Doxstader, MSN, BHA, RN, Clinical Risk and Safety Manager (ED/Trauma /Behavioral Health Continuum), Intermountain Health on “Voices for Safety.”
- Leaders in safety and security systems at various Utah health care institutions will present everything you always wanted to know about safety but might not want to have asked publicly!
Looking forward to a robust and informative day and
thanks in advance for joining us in this unique program!
For those unable to attend the live virtual Zoom, this Conference program will be recorded in toto and be available HERE as an "On-Demand CE" course for 60 days following the live presentation. Registration prices for this will be the same as for the live virtual Conference. Should you register for the live Zoom and find you are unable to attend on October 24th, you will automatically have access to the recorded program with no additional fee.
Local Mixers are being planned and hosted by UNA Members in Your Community on the evening PRIOR to the virtual Conference Thursday, October 23rd, 5:00 – 7:00 PM.
Everyone is Welcome to attend, regardless of membership or Conference participation. A separate registration link with location information will be sent to Conference registrants and posted in the Utah Nurse September 2025 Monthly Update by September 15th!
Please direct any questions or special needs to office@utnurse.org
Speakers
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.
Sr. Nursing Director and Nurse Scientist University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics
Clinical Risk and Safety Manager (ED/Trauma /Behavioral Health Continuum), Intermountain Health
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