There is little doubt these days that one of the most important questions on the minds of nurses is “if I am assigned a patient infected with the Ebola virus, can I refuse to take care of that patient?” The answer is “no!” I know how scary it can be to take care of a patient with a highly contagious disease with no cure. Unfortunately, nurses cannot pick and choose which patients we want to care for. As an employee, it is considered a master-servant relationship and we are required to tend to … [Read more...]

My new client, Katie, sits across from me because of a situation that happened at work and resulted in a complaint before the Nurse Licensing Board. She’s scared and crying. I can tell by talking to her that she is a very compassionate nurse and does a great job. Yet, she doesn’t understand why this is happening to her. Like most of my nurse clients, few ever thought that they would be called before the Board. But it happens every day: 7,000 nurses have their licenses charged before the … [Read more...]