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Another burden for Disciplined Nurses by Taralynn M. Registered Nurse

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:21am Every nurse used to be worried about their name showing up in the Board's newsletter. That worry is still present, but now there is an additional burden for the disciplined... disciplined by the Board is not a "bad" nurse and that after reviewing the facts, they realized that they have also been in the same situation and that only luck prevented them from Read on »

Disciplined Nurses Database is a Dirty Little Secret by Anthony Cirillo Patient Expert

Posted Fri 04 Sep 2009 9:46am . The Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank was created 22 years ago to help hospitals and nursing homes perform background checks on potential new hires. More than 102,000 names of disciplined nurses, nurse aides, pharmacists and pharmacy aides are in the database. NPR has reported that inefficiency and bureaucracy in the Department of Health and Human Services Read on »

Serious Felony Offesnes & Discipline by the Texas Board of Nursing by Louis Leichter Patient Expert

Posted Thu 09 Apr 2009 7:14pm All nurses who have been convicted or pled guilty or no contest to certain felony offenses should be aware that under a recent addition to the Nursing Practice Act, the Texas Nursing Board holds expanded authority to impose tough sanctions. Already a serious matter, an initial conviction for these offenses now carries additional consequences Read on »

MENTAL HEALTH NURSING – A FIELD OF ITS OWN by Stephanie S. Jewett Posted Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:00am Feb 05 Ten years ago I practiced as a registered nurse in the field of in-patient and outpatient... every specific problem. As with any field of nursing, these plans need to be updated and progress reporting to the doctor and other nursing staff is necessary. It is especially Read on »

More Nurses in Trouble with the Nursing Board by Taralynn M. Registered Nurse

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:21am the 0.2-0.3 percent of all United States registered nurses who were annually disciplined at the turn of the twenty-first century (Benner et al., 2002). At the same time, the numbers..., and the lack of nursing faculty should also consider the following: Are we recruiting potential nurses only to have these nurses disciplined at some point in their career by a state Read on »

Int. Nursing and Nursing Informatics Day: the big 'C' and little 'c' in nursing by h2cm Posted Wed 01 Jul 2009 6:37pm 12th May is International Nurses Day and International Nursing Informatics Day: so have a great day! Even though the vast majority of people use information and communication technology in their work - and this includes nurses - there are many within and without the profession who will wonder what has nursing to do with 'IT'? Surely 'nursing Read on »

'Well-being' - a discipline unattached: enter 'informatics' the ubiquitous bed-partner by h2cm Posted Fri 30 Oct 2009 11:01pm Informatics has been around for decades in many guises, associated with established academic disciplines and emerging fields as a consequence of the application of technology... debated within existing peer groups and professional associations. Prime examples include: medical informatics health informatics nursing informatics community informatics Read on »

Discipline by Dave Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 4:00am had to become willing to do something about it. Such as stop drinking! Once I had stopped, it has taken the discipline to continue working a program of recovery, which includes... by myself that my sister and I met up at my Mom's nursing home, merely by coincidence that I have yet to make a list of my pet peeves; why be negative? that I didn't go Read on »

Positive Discipline Resources by Rational Jenn Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 22 Jan 2009 5:13pm I'm so tickled that my parenting/positive discipline posts were so well-received! Thank you very much. Obviously, it's a topic which I'm thinking about all the time (being... discipline. In the meantime, I'll post some links about positive discipline if you're inclined to explore the method further. As I mentioned before, Jane Nelsen's site contains Read on »

Travel Nursing - Per Diem Nursing - Local Contract Nursing by David S. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 22 Apr 2010 12:00am When hospitals & health systems seek supplemental nursing help, they typically ask for help in 1 of 3 ways. This article will highlight the 3 traditional forms of healthcare staffing. (1) Travel Nursing. Travel nursing jobs are usually 13 weeks in duration but can be as short as 4 weeks and as long as the hospital has a need…often up Read on »