In California, there was a proposed legislation that would add 2 seats so that a majority of members for the Medical Licensing Board would be consumers rather than doctors.  This is an interesting proposition.  However, in my experience, the consumer Board member does not contribute as much because they haven’t worked in the nurses’ or the doctors’ shoes.   Evidently, the public is very suspicious of the Medical Board in California because of several complaints by patients against doctors … [Read more...]

Imagine having your military serving spouse transferred in the middle of a pandemic and you are an Advanced Practice Nurse then having to wait 30 weeks before you can be licensed in your new state? Well, that is exactly what happened to Courtney Gramm of California, board-certified and a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Mrs. Gramm’s husband, serving with the U.S. Air Force, was ordered to move from Florida to California.  But when she applied for her Registered … [Read more...]

52-year-old Connie Sneed is charged with a Level 5 felony for practicing medicine without a license in Indiana. Ms. Sneed, who had been with the nursing home for 15-years, posted a comment on a Facebook page which caused her to be charged criminally.  Her comment was, "I just want y'all to know the hardest thing I've ever done in 28 years start a patient on O2 for 4 days 12 LPM. with a non-rebreather mask … I asked him on day 4 if he's tired he said yes I said do you want me to take all this off … [Read more...]

California Governor Gavin Newsom proposes that nurses be trained in ICU care in just 48 hours.  Maybe they can be trained in 2 days but certainly not sufficiently enough to do things safely or within the standard of care. A nurse with only 48 hours of ICU training may end up being more of a danger to a COVID 19 patient than the virus itself. But what difference does that make when hospitals cannot be sued for malpractice involving COVID related cases? I would like to be standing … [Read more...]