Ohio Nurse Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter. Are Medical Mistakes Criminal? | Nurses React

What happens when medical professionals make mistakes that result in death? Should they be held criminally liable for their actions? Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost believes they should. In 2022, Aminata Fofana, a former nurse at Capri Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lewis Center was sentenced in Delaware County Common Please court to three years of probation after forgetting to reconnect a patient to his oxygen. This tragic mistake resulted in the patients passing away. It is so important to acknowledge the tragedy of this situation. And the horrifying manner in which this patient expired. At the same time, a conversation surrounding medical mistakes is warranted. The nurse in this case was stripped of her nursing license, and has been charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in the state of Ohio following the death of her patient. The nursing home also faces a wrongful death lawsuit. Are nurses and other healthcare professionals criminally responsible when they make mistakes while providing care? Today we discuss with a panel of nurses and a legal expert, as these cases seem to be becoming more and more frequent. Resources: Nurse Pleads Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com... The American Association of Nurse Attorneys position statement on criminal prosecution of healthcare providers for unintentional human error: https://taana.org/resources/Positions... Panel Members: Nurse Scott    / @thenursescott   Lorie Brown RN, MN, JD https://empowerednurses.org/    / @empowerednurses   http://empowerednurses.org/a-call-wit... Mr Midwife    / @mrmidwife06911   Nurse Adriane    / @nurseadrianern   https://www.nurseadrianern.com/ https://pulsecenterforpatientsafety.org/ Brigette NP    / @brigittenp   J Michael RN:    / @jmichaelrn   OBNurseChelsey Socials Incoming Soon… Nurse March Ohio: https://linktr.ee/Ohnursemarch