NSO joins up with CNA Insurance Company to publish Claims Analysis for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners.  Here, I want to talk about the analysis for Nurse Practitioners. It was determined that 29.4% of the closed claims, meaning medical malpractice cases against Nurse Practitioners, were medication related.  The average claim against NPs was in the amount of $240,471, an amount which is interestingly low.  Apparently, this is in line with Physician and Physician Assistant payments. In … [Read more...]

Lorie Brown, Nurse Attorney and Founder of Brown Law Office, P.C. and EmpoweredNurses.org, and Ryan Fox, Indiana Employment Law Attorney with Fox Williams & Sink, discuss employment matters that Nurses might encounter such as discrimination, unlawful termination or retaliation, FLMA, not being compensated when working through your breaks or working overtime. They discuss matters with pre-employment such as drug screens and the importance of being honest on job applications as well as … [Read more...]

Lorie Brown, Nurse Attorney, and Marc Lopez, Indiana Criminal Attorney, discuss what happens when a Nurse has been arrested, disciplined and/or investigated by an employer. They also discuss the best steps to take to avoid or lessen criminal charges as well as appearing before the Board of Nursing. Some of the other topics include controlled substances diversion, criminal diversion, Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Exclusion List, Nursys.com, ISNAP, Indiana Professionals Recovery Program … [Read more...]