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Can you imagine seeing on social media a picture of a baby that was born with gastroschisis, a congenital disorder where the infant is born with the intestines outside the body? That is what happened...
View ArticleCan You Say, “Medical Malpractice?”
There is a new trend sweeping the nation called “hospital-at-home” which are hospital organizations that provide hospital level care in the patient’s home as a full substitute for acute hospital care....
View ArticleUnderstanding Compact Nursing Licenses
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View ArticleYou Can’t Make This Stuff Up!
Recently, health authorities around the United States are now allowing nurses and others infected with the COVID virus to work provided they are asymptomatic or have only mild symptoms of the disease....
View ArticleHelp Is On Its Way For Nurses!
The Indiana legislature has proposed regulations to address the state’s nursing shortage. [Story]. Because of the resultant loss of staff due to COVID, there are thousands of nursing jobs open not...
View ArticleCapping Travel Nurses Pay?
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the National Center for Assisted Living recently asked Congress to investigate the fees that agencies are charging for the services of travel nurses. The two...
View ArticleIs This My Right Fit In Nursing?
Frequently I hear of nurses who are called before the Board because they were working in an environment that was not “the right fit” for them. You’ll know when you fit in an environment because it...
View ArticleThe Needs of Millennial and Gen Z Nurses
Imagine being one of those who graduated from nursing school in the middle of the global pandemic? It’s like going into a M*A*S*H* unit during the Korean War without having any training or experience....
View ArticleThe Amazon Treatment Of Health Care
Today, everyone expects the “Amazon treatment” meaning they want health care immediately! The delivery of health care is no longer the general practitioner in your community who has been there for...
View ArticleA Win For Some Nurses
I do not believe any nurse wakes up in the morning saying to themselves, “I want to do drugs today!” I consider substance use disorder (SUD) to be a biological condition where the brain has cravings...
View ArticleRadonda Vaught’s Sentencing
For more than three years, I have been providing you with updates on RaDonda Vaught, a Nashville nurse, who made a medical mistake and ended up not only losing her nursing license but having to face...
View ArticleHow Easy Is It To Make A Med Error?
All of us have times of the day where we are operating on “autopilot.” We hop out of bed, go to the bathroom, brush our teeth, and groom ourselves for the day. Breakfast is usually the same every...
View ArticleU.S. Congress candidate, Stephen Houlahan, RN, MSN, MBA, CCS, CCDS
Lorie Brown, Nurse Attorney talks to Stephen Houlahan, a nurse currently running for U.S. Congress in California, discusses his nursing background, how he entered politics and became an activist. They...
View ArticleYour License, Your Responsibility!
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View ArticleYour Privacy Matters
There is zero tolerance for nurses who violate HIPAA! Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is being sued in 2 separate class action matters, one involves the University of California San Francisco and...
View ArticleFraudulent Nursing Diploma’s and Transcripts
The Department of Justice recently arrested 25 people scheming to sell bogus nursing diplomas and transcripts, charging them with wire fraud and wire fraud conspiracy. Thousands of people who had hoped...
View ArticleWill License Discipline Affect My Future Education?
Many nurses who think the grass is always greener on the other side will continue their education by becoming nurse practitioners. But let me tell you, the problem is that the grass there is not...
View ArticleCan You Refuse An Unsafe Assignment?
Here’s the scene: you walk into work for your 12-hour shift and immediately find yourself facing an exceptionally heavy patient load. What can you do? Your first thought is probably “I don’t want to...
View ArticleWho Is Maya Kowalski?
Maya Kowalski, daughter of Registered Nurse Beata Kowalski, was 9 years old in 2015 and suffering debilitating pain. She was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (“CRPS”), resulting in...
View ArticleWhat’s The Verdict?
Last week, the jury returned a verdict in the case of Maya Kowalski. I have previously written about Maya Kowalski, who was a 10-year-old girl at the at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospitals in...
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