On this episode, Law & Order for Nurse Practitioners, Lorie Brown, RN, MN, JD gives us golden nuggets of information, so that we know how to protect ourselves when using our GIFTS. [Listen to Interview] … [Read more...]
NSO Insurance for Nurses
Lorie Brown, RN, MN, JD of YourNurseAttorney.com discusses NSO Insurance for Nurses and what the benefits are of having your own insurance.Does NSO insurance help if you have to appear before the Board of Nursing? … [Read more...]
Nurses with Multiple Licenses
Lorie Brown, RN, MN, JD of Brown Law Office, P.C. discusses what can happen if you have an action or discipline against your nursing license if you have licenses in different states - even if your license is expired. This is called the "Domino Effect". … [Read more...]
Beware Do No Harm
The Joint Commission, which provides accreditation of health care organizations, issued a mandate requiring surgical/procedure teams to have a time-out prior to beginning an operation to prevent wrong site surgery. Yet, time-outs are always taken and surgical errors continue to occur. What’s more disturbing is that a study was done prior to the time-out procedures and found at least 1 person in the operating room knew that surgery was being performed on the wrong site but was too afraid to … [Read more...]
Employment Discrimination Against Nurses
Most States are “employment at will” which means that one can be terminated for any reason or even for no reason at all! However, under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, employers are prohibited from discriminating against applicants and employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin. In a recent case, a 60-year-old nurse of Chinese descent, worked at the Cleveland Clinic since 1976. Ms. Lee started over 40 years ago, when she was just 23 years old. In 2009, … [Read more...]
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