Top Ten Things To Never Do In Nursing
You’ve heard of the “never” events where the government will not pay for certain things that happen in a hospital that shouldn’t have happened. This list includes things such as decubitus ulcers...
View ArticleWhen Helping Can Hurt You
As nurses, while we really want to help our patients, we sometimes find that our being helpful can get us into trouble. As you know, we are required to follow tons of rules. We have to watch our...
View ArticleMandatory Overtime For Nurses
Are you required to do mandatory overtime at your hospital? In Ohio, lawmakers are trying to ban mandatory overtime as a condition of employment. Nurses are very scared that if they say “no” to...
View ArticleNurses And Marijuana
As you know, marijuana is legal in 9 states for recreational purposes and in 30 for medical purposes. However, even if it is legal where you live or visit, it may not be legal for you to use as a...
View ArticleLorie Brown and Marc Lopez discuss Nurses with Criminal & Employment Matters
Lorie Brown, Nurse Attorney, and Marc Lopez, Indiana Criminal Attorney, discuss what happens when a Nurse has been arrested, disciplined and/or investigated by an employer. They also discuss the best...
View ArticleThe Biggest Poison In Nursing
We all have an ego which serves the purpose of keeping us safe. One thing it does in protecting us is it causes us to judge others which then makes us feel better. Now you’ve got it. The biggest...
View ArticleDiscussion on Nurses & Employment Matters with Ryan Fox, Indiana Employment...
Lorie Brown, Nurse Attorney and Founder of Brown Law Office, P.C. and EmpoweredNurses.org, and Ryan Fox, Indiana Employment Law Attorney with Fox Williams & Sink, discuss employment matters that...
View ArticleNurse Practitioner Liability
NSO joins up with CNA Insurance Company to publish Claims Analysis for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners. Here, I want to talk about the analysis for Nurse Practitioners. It was determined that 29.4% of...
View ArticleEbony Magazine Article
I was shocked and dismayed to hear of a lawsuit by a black nurse against Beaumont Hospital in Dearborn, Michigan. This nurse apparently overheard a patient tell another nurse to not let “that Black...
View ArticleLorie Brown Interviews Kathleen Russell of the National Council of State...
Lorie Brown, R.N., M.N., J.D. interviews Kathleen Russell, J.D., M.N., R.N., Senior Policy Advisor, Nursing Regulation of the National Counsel of State Boards of Nursing. Some of the topics include...
View ArticleLorie Brown Discusses The 5 Fatal Mistakes That Nurses Make
Lorie Brown discusses the 5 Fatal Mistakes that Nurses make when they appear before the Nursing Board or talk to investigators without legal representation. The Fatal Mistakes include oversharing, not...
View ArticleEthical Issues For Nurses With Criminal Histories
A nurse who had served 6 years in a federal prison for downloading sexually explicit images and videos of minors was rehired by a small Montana hospital. The nurse’s downloading of the exploitive...
View Article10 Mistakes That Will Get You Before the Board of Nursing
Lorie Brown, Nurse Attorney, lists 10 common mistakes that nurses make that will get them before the Board of Nursing. These mistakes you may not know are violations of the Nurse Practice Act. Are you...
View ArticleTop 10 Blogs of 2018
One of my favorite things to do just after each New Year is to put together a listing of the Top 10 Blogs I’ve written during the previous year. And 2019 is no different as we look back on the last 12...
View ArticleShould I Stay Or Should I Go?
Many nurses come to me after being terminated from their position and tell me, “I knew I should have left, but I just didn’t.” Nurses get into their comfort zones. They become so loyal to their...
View ArticleIntegrity In Nursing
Nurses are consistently ranked as the most trusted professional group according to a Gallup Poll. Nurses again outpaced other professions for honesty and ethics. They rate an average of 84%, a very...
View ArticleA Surefire Way To Get Into Trouble
With the opioid epidemic raging right now, hospitals are even more cautious of anything that could be considered abuse. You need to protect yourself and your license so I have some tips to not only...
View ArticleIs Your Nursing Co-Worker Impaired?
Did you know that approximately 10% of the U.S. population has a substance use disorder? Such abuse can affect anyone regardless of age, sex, race, ethnic background or economic class. Although it...
View ArticleDid You Report?
I’ve written often about if a nurse has a second license in another state and there is an action in one state, the other state may take action as well. But, did you know in certain states you must...
View ArticleCan A Med Error Result In Criminal Charges?
On December 26, 2017, Charlene Murphey was a patient at Vanderbilt Medical Center where she was being treated for a subdural hematoma. A PET scan was ordered and she was transported to that department...
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