Before you go any further–if you do not have professional license defense/malpractice insurance right now, get it. Most nurses do not realize the need for nursing malpractice insurance and they either think their employer will cover them or they will never have the need for insurance. The main need these days is Nursing License Defense [...]
The Legislature during the last session strengthened the whistle-blower protections for nurses in response to the Winkler County Nurses’ experiences. As a result of that legislation, the Texas BON has proposed amendments to the Board rules. What happened to the two nurses as result of standing up for patients is horrible. There have been repercussions [...]
Whenever the Texas Legislature goes into session, one has to pay attention to what bills are proposed and then watch for which bills are signed into law. For this most recent session, the 82nd Regular, the following bills were passed that impact nursing (this is only a short list of what I think are most [...]
The ratio law in California that limits the number of patients per nurse was the subject of a research study and the findings support that the ratio is preventing deaths and improving nurse’s beliefs about their job performance. Victoria Colliver’s April 20, 2010 article “Pioneering Law on Nurses Found to Save Lives” describes the findings [...]