Nursing License Defense

Medical burnout is a common cause of mistakes in hospitals and doctor's offices. Professionals working long hours and seeing far too many patients can make mistakes even with years of experience. However, new medical workers have their own risks for making mistakes on...

A nurse who faces discipline from the licensing board can have their license suspended or revoked. This can happen for numerous reasons, from unethical practices on the job to controversial behaviors even outside of work. Much of the time, it has to do with danger to...

It is safe to say that nurses have one of the most stressful careers imaginable. Each day, they face immeasurable amounts of pressure and anxiety due, in part, to the urgent nature of providing patients with health care. Like others, nurses may succumb to substance...

If a patient or one of their family members blames you for an adverse medical outcome or other issues with their quality of care, they could alert the Board of Registered Nursing to their concern. Anyone can make a complaint, and some of those complaints could lead to...

If a letter from the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) arrives in the post, it may bring bad news. If there is an accusation inside, you could face losing your nursing license. You need to stay calm and avoid errors that could harm your defense. These are...

Nursing is one of the professions where you must be at your best while working. If you are a shop worker, office worker or teacher, having a bad day is unlikely to put someone’s life at risk in the same way as it could for you as a nurse. Yet the way the health care...

As a registered California nurse, you probably know colleagues or former colleagues who have had to defend their licenses in front of the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). Some may have been successful; some may have failed. When discussing these cases,...

Being a registered nurse in California is not easy at the moment. The state has had a shortage of nurses for some time, which has worsened this year. Combined with the stress, strain and risk for any working nurse in the current situation, and, understandably, many...

It has been a tough year for nurses. You have probably been working extra shifts and giving up time off to cover colleagues who have fallen ill. Being called to a hearing by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) would make your year far worse. These are...

As a nurse, it is your obligation to provide a certain standard of care to your patients. Regardless of whether you work in a hospital, in a nursing home or in the homes of patients who require hospice care, you have to adhere to certain standards regarding the care...