What would you do if your supervisor asked you to do something that you think may be questionable? Would you follow the order or would you question it? Let me give you some examples to consider: You work homecare and you never see your supervisor. She tells you to sign her name on your time card so you can get paid. What would you do? Your supervisor asks you to “fill in the holes” on the turning sheet because State is coming soon to inspect the facility. What would you do? Your … [Read more...]
When Your License Is Put On Probation
Each year 7,000 nurses have some type of discipline placed on their license. My home State of Indiana has the highest number of nurses on probation. Other top contenders for that dubious title are Texas and Ohio. If you would like to see the discipline imposed in your State, check out the National Council of State Board of Nursing website (www.ncsbn.org) which captures all of the statistics on nurse license discipline. If your license is placed on probation, the Board wants to watch you to … [Read more...]
BEWARE: The Board Can Suspend Your License As An Emergency
Your license is a privilege and not a right. Just as your driver’s license can be suspended, so can your nursing license. The Board needs only to provide you with reasonable notice which could mean the day before or even, and I have seen it, the morning of a hearing. In the hearing the State must show that you are a clear and immediate danger to the public. If there is a situation with any concern that drugs are missing or you have criminal charges related to your honesty and trustworthiness or … [Read more...]
Tips To Protect Your Nursing License While Using Technology And Social Media
Brittney Wilson, RN, BSN Technology and social media have added many new benefits as well as many new challenges to the nursing profession. On the one hand we now can access patient data and chart on patient care more quickly and easily than ever and we have access to a nearly limitless online support system of nurses. However, on the other hand we now could accidently share protected health information (PHI) over social media in just a few clicks of a mouse. Because of this, nurses need to … [Read more...]
No One Else Will Protect Your License Like You
I’m always interested in hearing advice from other nurses on how those in our profession can protect our license. Every nurse I have represented has said to me, “I never thought I would appear before the Board.” But “I don’t know” is not a defense. I have my way to teach nurses how to protect their license but it is always a privilege to open our eyes and hear other people’s thoughts on the topic. I have been honored to review blogs from other people regarding their thoughts on license … [Read more...]
