Any nurse may find themselves asked by their employer to provide a drug toxicology test. Urine drug tests may be requested for suspicions of drug diversion, substance abuse, or simply because the drug count is not correct. The question arises for many nurses: “Should I provide the sample.” The answer is yes, though …
WHEN A NURSE IS ASKED TO SUBMIT TO A DRUG TEST: REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF NURSING Read More »
Having experienced the complexities of #nursing Boards in various states, I must emphasize that the #california Board of Nursing approach can be egregious. California has a considerable tendency to re-litigate cases already resolved in another state. It is disheartening to witness the difficulties and lack of reasonableness the California Board, led by Department of Justice …
California Board of Nursing: Relitigating Cases Adjudicated by Other States Read More »
Are you a nurse who has a contested Board of Nursing Case? If you as a nurse have proceeded through the Board of Nursing’s, disciplinary process and failed to come to a satisfactory resolution, then your case may be referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH/OAH). Being set for an administrative hearing can …
STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS: A TRIAL Read More »
A favorite apparent tactic of Boards of Nursing is to deliberately draw out investigations and the disciplinary processes. In most states when a nurse is innocent, (and we know a large percentage are) cases often take 2 to 3 years to conclude. These cases are the “contested” cases where the nurse has been falsely accused …
Nurses are once again fighting the Covid-19/SARS-COV-2 war. This will be the fourth time nurses have bore the traumatic and heavy burden of Covid-19. This time it is the Delta variant. A variant that is 1000 times more transmissable than previous Corona virus strains. Nurses are again seeing things they can’t unsee. This time children, …
Nurses Are Not Protected From a Board Complaint During Covid Read More »
Why is it boards need to assess career crippling stipulations and post on “walls of shame”, nurses who commit minor violations of the NPA?  I am thinking of documentation omissions or errors that in no way placed a patient in harm’s way. Documentation errors are one of the most common reasons I see for …
ONE SIZE FITS ALL NURSING BOARD STIPULATIONS: REGARDLESS OF OFFENSE Read More »
The Cost of A Board of Nursing Investigation and Adjudication The cost of a board of nursing investigation can be excessive and complex. Most nurses immediately retain an attorney. We do not advise against obtaining the assistance of an attorney. We do work with nurses who are represented and we refer nurses to specific attorneys …
— Texas Board epitomizes national trend, with nurses seeing campaign of intimidation by Ryan Basen, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today February 23, 2021https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/exclusives/91322 Joe Flores, NP, JD, has been defending nurses against investigations by the Texas Board of Nursing for several years. Flores, a Corpus Christi attorney and part-time hospice care nurse practitioner, rarely …
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