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Privacy Matters To Patients

December 26, 2019 by LORIE A BROWN, R.N., M.N., J.D. Leave a Comment

I often hear of nurses who made HIPAA violations, none of whom intended to breach privacy but either curiosity or carelessness got the best of them. Here are ten such examples: EMR – If you forget to log out of a computer terminal, someone else can follow you to access anything under you log in. Computers are smart and everything you do on the device can be tracked.  Every keystroke you make, every chart you look at, everything!  Even if you accidentally pull up a wrong patient’s chart, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Employment, Newsletter, Workplace Issues Tagged With: board of nursing, Confidentiality, EMR, family, fax, fines, friends, HIPAA, Medical Records, Notes, nurse, nurses, nursing board, Privacy, protected information, reporting, self reporting, selfies, sharing information, social media, termination

Interview with Yolene Lofton, former nurse and founder of Nurse’s Court

December 5, 2019 by LORIE A BROWN, R.N., M.N., J.D. 5 Comments

Lorie Brown, R.N., M.N., J.D. interviews Yolene Lofton, former nurse and entrepreneur, about her problems when she had to appear before the Board of Nursing and advice to Nurses that may be going through similar problems. Also, the devastation that losing her nursing license caused and how she was able to find her way back and is now thriving with her businesses, Nurse's Court and Nursing Events Management Production, LLC. Nurse's Court provides support and counseling for Nurses who have to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Employment, License Protection, Workplace Issues Tagged With: board of nursing, charting, counseling, late entries, Lorie Brown, Nurse Attorney, Nurse Entrepreneur, Nurse's Court, nurses, Nursescourt.com, nursing license, revocation, Revoked, support, thriving business, Yolene Lofton

Keeping Your Nurse Practitioner License Safe

November 27, 2019 by LORIE A BROWN, R.N., M.N., J.D. Leave a Comment

Recently I attended the Nursing Service Organization Annual Summit where they discussed the results of their annual statistical analysis of claims against nurse practitioners.  They look at things such as area of practice, resultant injuries, alleged breaches in the standard of care and on their license protection claims. Here are some of the risk management strategies that they recommended. Professionalism is the key. Nurse practitioners have an amazing way of developing a great rapport … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Employment, License Protection, Newsletter, Workplace Issues Tagged With: APRN, documentation, license protection, Lorie Brown, medical record, noncompliant, NP, NSO, Nurse Practitioners, nurses, patients, policy and procedures, Risk Management, standards

Nurses and Drugs Screens at Work

October 3, 2019 by LORIE A BROWN, R.N., M.N., J.D. 3 Comments

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Filed Under: Employment, Newsletter, Workplace Issues Tagged With: CBD oil, controlled substances, drug screens, false positive, impaired nurse, license defense, license protection, Lorie Brown, marijuana, negative, nurse, nurses, nursing, nursing license, positive drug screen, professional license, quit, resignation

Office of the Inspector General Exclusion List (OIG List)

September 26, 2019 by LORIE A BROWN, R.N., M.N., J.D. 1 Comment

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Filed Under: Employment, Newsletter, Workplace Issues Tagged With: Lorie Brown, manditory, Medicaid, Medicare, Nurse Attorney, nurses, nursing license, Office of the Inspector General, OIG Exclusion List, patients, permissive

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