N.B., an LPN, worked at a nursing home and was assigned to care for J.E., a Medicaid patient who suffered from seizures, dementia with [...]
Regardless of where you work in health care, your facility should have clear policies and procedures concerning the non-use of your [...]
Your state board of nursing has the authority to administer and enforce the state nurse practice act. This power is broad and includes [...]
The New Year is upon us and customarily, you are expected to make resolutions for 2017. A resolution is characterized as a [...]
If you are a nurse manager, an advanced practice registered nurse who has established an independent practice, or a chief nursing [...]
Earnest was a ED Tech whose job it was to act as a paramedic and monitor patients that had been restrained and monitor other [...]
For much of the public, including nurses, the law seems to be strange, complex, and incomprehensible. Lawyers are Not seen in the best [...]
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been the subject of much confusion since its passage in 1966. For [...]
You have probably been in at least one patient care situation that made you uncomfortable for a particular reason or one in which you [...]
Shortly after two nurses from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas became infected with the Ebola virus after caring for Thomas [...]
You may recall that the last Bulletin discussed whether or not a nurse could refuse to care for a patient with the Ebola virus. [...]
If you are a governmental employee of a federal or state correctional institution, you may enjoy certain immunities against a lawsuit [...]
