Is There Disparity Between Medical Boards And Nursing Boards
On December 13, 2017, at Hiram Davis Medical Center in Petersburg, Virginia, a nurse was talking with Dr. Motsumi Moja while they were awaiting an elevator. During the conversation, he put his hand on...
View ArticleNurses And Adderall
Nurses work crazy shifts and can have trouble sleeping. In addition, we are being bombarded with information and get interrupted approximately every 5 minutes. It would make sense that a nurse would...
View Article25 Nurses in Trouble with Ohio Board Due to Physician Overprescribing
In an Ohio hospital system, a physician, William Husel, D.O, is on trial for ordering excessive and fatal doses of fentanyl. He has criminal charges pending against him and he recently pleaded not...
View ArticleNursing And Ethical Issues
It is unusual for a matter before the Nursing Board to find its way into the court system primarily because of the cost. Recently, in Pennsylvania, one case did exactly that and wound up in court...
View ArticleNurse Witness Intimidation
In a recent court case Stubblefield v. Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association, where a patient underwent a cardiac catheterization procedure and was on a nitroglycerine drip, the patient begged the...
View ArticleConsequences of Criminal Charges on a Nursing License
Nurse Attorneys, Lorie Brown and Todd Ess of Brown Law Office, P.C., discuss the consequences of criminal matters on a Nurse’s license, this also includes other healthcare providers such as Physicians,...
View ArticleHurricanes, Wildfires and Blackouts, Oh My!
As we in California are in the midst of the wildfire season, hospitals are preparing for power outages. When there is a wildfire in the area of a hospital, the power companies often plan to cut...
View ArticleOffice of the Inspector General Exclusion List (OIG List)
Lorie Brown, Nurse Attorney, discusses the Office of the Inspector General Exclusion List. She explains what it is, how it affects your nursing license and your ability to practice with...
View ArticleNurses and Drugs Screens at Work
Lorie Brown, Nurse Attorney, discusses what happens when you are asked to take a drug screen at work. She discusses what you should do and not do if you are required to take a drug screen at work as...
View ArticleIs The Handwriting On The Wall?
I frequently have nurses come to me because they have been fired from their jobs and are afraid that they will be reported to the Board. What’s interesting about these nurses is that almost all have...
View ArticleFatal Medication Error Update
The nurse from Tennessee who made a horrific medication error, RaDonda Vaught, was originally told there would be no charges against her nursing license. Regardless, the Tennessee Board of Nursing...
View ArticleYou’re Always A Nurse
Year after year, nursing is voted as the most trusted profession. And there’s good reason for that because we help people at their most vulnerable times. We are entrusted with their health, their...
View ArticleKeeping Your Nurse Practitioner License Safe
Recently I attended the Nursing Service Organization Annual Summit where they discussed the results of their annual statistical analysis of claims against nurse practitioners. They look at things such...
View ArticleInterview with Yolene Lofton, former nurse and founder of Nurse’s Court
Lorie Brown, R.N., M.N., J.D. interviews Yolene Lofton, former nurse and entrepreneur, about her problems when she had to appear before the Board of Nursing and advice to Nurses that may be going...
View ArticlePrivacy Matters To Patients
I often hear of nurses who made HIPAA violations, none of whom intended to breach privacy but either curiosity or carelessness got the best of them. Here are ten such examples: EMR – If you forget to...
View ArticleTop 10 Blogs Of 2019
This is one of my favorite things with each New Year. I look at my top 10 blogs to see which ones you really enjoyed. In 2018, the favorite ones were based on license protection so in 2019, I chose...
View ArticleMalpractice Claims are on the Rise with Electronic Health Records
According to The Doctor’s Company, a medical malpractice insurance company, more and more claims are being filed as a result of Electronic Health Records (EHR). Because of drop down menus and lack of...
View ArticleTrusted Nurses
In a Gallup Poll, nursing has again been voted as the most trusted profession for the 18th year in a row. One of the reasons it has been so long acclaimed is because of nursing ethics. However,...
View ArticleNurses As Independent Contractors
A new law went into effect in California last month regulating “gig” labor. The legislation was aimed at companies such as Uber and Lyft which inappropriately classify their drivers as independent...
View ArticleNursing Scope Of Practice
Have you ever worked somewhere and your supervisor says, “Just write an order for that. We always do that to help out the physicians.” In that situation, you feel like you’ve been put between a rock...
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