Nursing License Defense

There are cases where nurses feel the need to go on strike. For example, roughly 3,500 nurses are on strike in New York. This has made things difficult for the hospitals, but nurses are trying to fight for the conditions they want in the medical centers. What you may...

Patient records are a crucial element of quality medical care. Nurses have a huge role in creating and maintaining accurate, updated patient records.  When records are accurate, patients receive the necessary treatment, and all the healthcare professionals providing...

You know that you could risk losing your nursing license if you make a mistake. But, at the same time, you work in a fast-paced and chaotic hospital environment where you know that mistakes are going to happen.  What you’re worried about is that someone might...

Beginning in Jan. 2023, some California nurse practitioners (NPs) will finally gain the right to treat patients without a physician assigned to supervise them. It’s a right these professionals have been seeking for years. Even though California is at the forefront of...

As “health practitioners” under California law, registered nurses are mandated reporters. That means they have an obligation to report evidence or even suspicions that a child or adult is being abused or neglected to the appropriate authorities. Nurses, like doctors...

You get a nursing license in the state where you’re going to practice. If you lose that license, you may feel like you have no other career options. You’re no longer allowed to apply for jobs in the career that you’ve chosen because you’re not a licensed nurse within...

Nurses have demanding, stressful jobs. They often work long shifts and may have to occasionally be present on holidays. Sometimes, their choices can have an immediate impact on someone's health or quality of life. They have to be effective communicators and capable of...

Providing the high standard of care expected in the nursing industry requires complete and accurate patient information. Unfortunately, charting mistakes can result in patient harm.  Nurses who make serious charting errors may even put their professional license at...

As a nursing professional, you have a very demanding job. Especially if you work in a hospital, you may put in exceptionally long shifts. Not only do you probably work 12 hours at a time, but you may also have to alternate working on certain holidays and on weekends,...

Nursing is a great profession. It takes a lot of effort and resources to train and obtain your nursing certification and practice license – but all it takes to ruin things is a simple mistake in your personal life. The California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN)...