As a member and president elect of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA.org), I have relationships with many nurse attorneys who practice before the various nursing boards throughout the country. Â In Indiana, where my office is located, the Board has filed very few cases against nurses so far and we had our first virtual hearing this week. Â Each state has taken a different approach on how to handle their cases against nurses. Â I did an informal survey and the answers were quite … [Read more...]
Privacy Is Everything
This past week, a Maryville, Tennessee, nurse was fired for allegedly posting racist and violent messages through her Facebook account. It was later learned that she could not have made the comments because hospital security footage showed that she was in a patientâs room at the approximate time the comments were made. Then it was learned that the horrible posts were composed by her fiancĂ© on her social media account. He even went to the hospital to tell officials that it was he rather … [Read more...]
Nursing And The Coronavirus
A nurse working at Kaiser in California took care of a patient who was positive for the coronavirus. She volunteered to care for this patient because she had training on the recommended protective gear. Her assumption was that should something happen to her, she would be cared for. Unfortunately, after a few days passed, the nurse became ill. She put herself on a 14-day self-quarantine period. However, she could not get tested to confirm whether she had contracted the coronavirus. At … [Read more...]
Nurses As Independent Contractors
A new law went into effect in California last month regulating âgigâ labor. The legislation was aimed at companies such as Uber and Lyft which inappropriately classify their drivers as independent contractors. The hope was that if they were to be labeled âemployees,â they would be entitled to regular employment benefits such as minimum wage, sick pay and insurance benefits. However, the unintended consequence is that this could affect registered nurses, certified registered nurses, … [Read more...]
Trusted 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, anything that nurses do that may not put our profession in the most favorable light, can be detrimental. In an MTV reality TV show âScrubbing Inâ, they portrayed nurses going to bars in their scrubs. This negatively portrayed the nursing profession. We are held to high standards, just like a … [Read more...]
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