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...]

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...]

Congratulations to South Dakota for becoming the most recent State to pass a law to grant full and direct access to Nurse Practitioners!  This is the 22nd State to authorize NPs to provide the full scope of services to the public.  Certainly, this will enhance patients’ ability to access high quality health care. Just how are laws made?  Let’s take some time here to learn about how you can get one in the law books. First, you need to find one of your State’s legislators who will “sponsor” … [Read more...]

Sometime nurses resign yet their employment records will show that they were terminated.  Therefore, the question becomes, how can you properly resign? In order to properly resign, you must submit your resignation in writing and it has to be accepted.  Keep documentation of your resignation and, for added measure, have it signed and dated by your employer.  Also, if it is possible, get a letter confirming your resignation.  That way, there can be no question that you resigned and were not … [Read more...]