These days cameras are everywhere. In fact, in the United Kingdom, any person can be seen on camera at least 300 times every day as the devices are everywhere. Every time you’re on the street, every time you enter a store, restaurant or bank, drive into a public garage … anywhere and everywhere the chances are likely that a camera is looking at you. And now they are making their way into hospitals around the world. A recent case in San Diego against Sharp … [Read more...]
Know Your Professional Boundaries
When I was practicing years ago, there were no rules regarding professional boundaries. I took care of people in the community where I lived and everyone knew each other. When I would run into them at the grocery store or the mall, I would always say “hi!” Some of my colleagues even went to former patient’s houses for meals or holidays. Nowadays there are rules regarding professional boundaries. As much as we would like rebel against these rules, they really are designed to protect … [Read more...]
An Unusual Nursing Board Case
After getting an unfavorable Nursing Board decision, it is unusual for a nurse to appeal the matter to a court. It is even more unusual for such an appeal to make it all the way to the state Supreme Court. However, Appellants Christine Mulry Francis and Angela L. Caldwell DeBenedictis did just that. The facts of this case are very interesting. Nurses Francis and DeBenedictis were employed in supervisory roles in a Delaware correctional facility where a patient … [Read more...]
The Pyxis and Your Nursing License
Lorie Brown, Nurse Attorney, discusses problems that are the result of a Pyxis audit and how to protect your Nursing License. This includes how it may look like a nurse is diverting medications and making sure you are administering and wasting medication properly so you protect your license. … [Read more...]
What You Say Can And Will Be Used Against You, Part II, a/k/a Silence Is Golden
Nurses always want to be helpful and will share with anyone. However, there are some instances where silence is golden! 1. WORK STATEMENT. If your supervisor calls you in wanting you to write a statement, be very careful. Don’t be pressured into writing a statement. Or, if you want time to think about it first, definitely do so. When you are … [Read more...]
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