Vermont
Vermont nurses worry for future incident reporting
Last month, previous Tennessee registered nurse RaDonda Vaught was founded guilty of irresponsible murder after providing a 75-year-old person the incorrect medicine in 2017.Currently, countless Vermont healthcare companies launched a declaration claiming the decision can have serious effect on the sector. Amongst the companies that authorized the declaration were the College of Vermont Wellness Network, the Vermont Organization of Hospitals and also Wellness Equipments, and also Vermont’s Workplace of the Healthcare Advocate.Vaught currently confronts 12 years behind bars following her sentence. Vermont healthcare companies state this kind of event is unusual, declaring the healthcare system has countless precaution in position to secure all people and also healthcare workers.These procedures consist of scanning IDs on both people and also drugs, along with defenses for whistleblower event reporting.However, numerous registered nurses in Vermont state they do not believe the criminal justice system must have been associated with Vaught’s instance.”There are times when it is proper for the criminal justice system to action in for sure healthcare disasters. For this drug mistake, it was unsuitable,” claimed Mari Cordes, a signed up nurse and also Vermont Home Representative.Cordes likewise claims the judgment will certainly have a chilling result on the sector, including yet an additional factor for registered nurses to leave the occupation or be reluctant to report when they make mistakes.Although, one Vermont legal representative claims Vaught’s sentence was the proper choice.”Every state in the country has a law that manages the murder of somebody without any objective to do it. It is – consider it as gross oversight, is the very best method I can believe to place it. Which’s truly what they’re claiming below,” claimed Jerry O’Neill, lawyer at Crushed rock & Shea.Teresa Cahill-Griffin, a registered nurse and also professional aide teacher at the College of Vermont, claimed adhering to Vaught’s sentence, she has actually been speaking with her nursing pupils concerning individual obligation, synergy, and also communication.Cahill-Griffin claims every one of those worths are ones the UVM Healthcare facility urges in its workers, specifically when errors are made”To a great deal of pupils, it was mind-blowing to understand that not every state resembles that. That there might be situations, such as this in Tennessee, where the society is not such where it’s not welcome to confess errors and also confess mistake and also request aid,” Cahill-Griffin said.Both registered nurses state Vaught’s sentence can cool the determination to speak out when points fail. A facet they state is critical to having a secure and also efficient medical facility.
Last month, previous Tennessee registered nurse RaDonda Vaught was founded guilty of irresponsible murder after providing a 75-year-old person the incorrect medicine in 2017.
Currently, countless Vermont healthcare companies launched a declaration claiming the decision can have serious effect on the sector. Amongst the companies that authorized the declaration were the College of Vermont Wellness Network, the Vermont Organization of Hospitals and also Wellness Equipments, and also Vermont’s Workplace of the Healthcare Supporter.
Vaught currently confronts 12 years behind bars following her sentence.
Vermont healthcare companies state this kind of event is unusual, declaring the healthcare system has countless precaution in position to secure all people and also healthcare employees.
These procedures consist of scanning IDs on both people and also drugs, along with defenses for whistleblower event coverage.
Nonetheless, numerous registered nurses in Vermont state they do not believe the criminal justice system must have been associated with Vaught’s instance.
“There are times when it is proper for the criminal justice system to action in for sure healthcare disasters. For this drug mistake, it was unsuitable,” claimed Mari Cordes, a signed up nurse and also Vermont Home Rep.
Cordes likewise claims the judgment will certainly have a chilling result on the sector, including yet an additional factor for registered nurses to leave the occupation or be reluctant to report when they make errors.
Although, one Vermont legal representative claims Vaught’s sentence was the proper choice.
“Every state in the country has a law that manages the murder of somebody without any objective to do it. It is – consider it as gross oversight, is the very best method I can believe to place it. Which’s truly what they’re claiming below,” claimed Jerry O’Neill, lawyer at Crushed rock & Shea.
Teresa Cahill-Griffin, a registered nurse and also professional aide teacher at the College of Vermont, claimed adhering to Vaught’s sentence, she has actually been speaking with her nursing pupils concerning individual obligation, synergy, and also interaction.
Cahill-Griffin claims every one of those worths are ones the UVM Healthcare facility urges in its workers, specifically when errors are made
“To a great deal of pupils, it was mind-blowing to understand that not every state resembles that. That there might be situations, such as this in Tennessee, where the society is not such where it’s not welcome to confess errors and also confess mistake and also request aid,” Cahill-Griffin claimed.
Both registered nurses state Vaught’s sentence can cool the determination to speak out when points fail. A facet they state is critical to having a secure and also efficient medical facility.
Vermont
Police investigating death of teen after incident at Vt. high school
JERICHO, Vt. (WCAX) – Police are investigating the death of a teen following an incident at a Vermont high school.
Vermont State Police say they were called to Mount Mansfield Union High School in Jericho at about 4 p.m. on Thursday for a report of a person who appeared to be stuck underneath a vehicle in the parking lot.
Troopers immediately began to render aid to the 18-year-old man. He was rushed to the hospital in Burlington, where police say he later died.
Police have not yet released the teen’s name so his family can be notified.
Investigators say the incident does not appear suspicious.
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Climate Matters: Big victories for greener energy in Vermont – Addison Independent
The Legislature last week achieved several milestones on the way to reducing climate pollution — even in the face of Gov. Phil Scott’s best efforts to keep Vermont stuck in the age of fossil fuels.
A greener Renewable Energy Standard — long a goal of 350Vermont and others — passed despite Gov. Scott’s veto. So did a set of improvements to Act 250 that will open some towns and cities to much needed residential development while better protecting the biodiversity of sensitive areas.
In the process, Scott’s anti-environmental vetoes have placed him even to the right of some of his natural allies. More on that below. First, a little background.
It used to be that veto overrides were as rare in Vermont as snowstorms in July. But in Montpelier these past two years, it’s been snowing all summer. Gov. Scott has been lobbing veto snowballs at the General Assembly, and legislators have responded with an avalanche of overrides.
Scott, a Republican in an overwhelmingly Democratic state, has had six vetoes overridden during each of the past two legislative sessions.
This year, the governor even went after the birds and the bees. He vetoed (and was overridden on) a bill banning neonicotinoid pesticides that contribute to the decline of vital pollinators. He declined to sign two bills that became law: VPIRG’s “make big oil pay” bill, and a bill to protect wetlands and floodplains from the more extreme weather of our deteriorating climate.
Now back to Scott’s rightward shift as the climate crisis worsens.
His vetoes of Act 250 changes and the Renewable Energy Standard (RES) came even though traditionally conservative power blocs supported the bills.
The RES, for example, was endorsed by virtually all the state’s utilities, which are normally political allies of the Republican governor. Much of the hard work to improve the RES was accomplished in a working group that included the utilities and was headed by Rep. Amy Sheldon, D-Middlebury, and Addison County Sen. Chris Bray.
Under the new RES, Vermont is committed to achieving nearly 100% renewable electrical energy by 2030. The law also aims to double the amount of clean energy (mostly solar and wind) produced in the state and regionally. It will mean more green jobs and less burning of dirty oil and gas.
On revisions to Act 250, Scott also found himself to the right of political allies. The bill he vetoed drew support not just from environmental groups but also from the development industry and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce. In a statement supporting its passage, the chamber said a portion of the bill was “a top priority for the Vermont business community.”
Perhaps overlooked in all this were two other achievements pushed by 350Vermont and others.
The grassroots group recognized the potential of thermal energy networks to generate cleaner community energy and use it more efficiently. That approach, which avoids the need for burdensome bureaucracy, gained approval this session. So, too, did a study committee to suggest ways to protect lower-income Vermonters from electricity rate hikes.
Vermonters have a lot to celebrate at the end of this biennium. Working as a tighter coalition, advocates pushed the General Assembly to approve substantial climate legislation — and to make those approvals stick during the difficult task of overriding multiple vetoes.
Joan Baez used to sing of “little victories and big defeats.” Too often that’s been the experience for the climate movement even here in the Green Mountain State. This year, though, Vermonters can sing a song of big victories.
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Girls on the Run Vermont celebrates 25th anniversary – The Charlotte News
Girls on the Run Vermont, a statewide nonprofit organization for girls in third-eighth grade, wrapped up its 25th anniversary season that served 1,683 girls across the state.
Twenty-five years ago, 15 girls at Vernon Elementary School enrolled in the Girls on the Run program. Since then, the program has served 39,000 girls and is thriving.
Program participants, alumnae, coaches, parents, board members and supporters attended two statewide 5K events in June to enjoy the non-competitive, community-based events on June 1 at the Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction, and on June 7 in Manchester.
Proceeds from the 5K events benefit Girls on the Run Vermont’s Every Girl Fund. This fund helps to ensure that every girl in Vermont can participate. This year’s 5K events brought together a combined 4,000 attendees, including program participants, family, friends and community members.
One participant at each 5K event was honored and presented with the Girls on the Run Vermont Rick Hashagen Alumni Scholarship Award in the amount of $2,500. Cordelia King from Fairfax was recognized in Essex and Alexandra Gregory of Dummerston was recognized in Manchester. These scholarships are renewable for up to three more years and offer up to $10,000 in total to support their education post high school.
Find out more about Girls on the Run Vermont.
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