2021 Legal Issues Licensing 
American Nurse
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
found that failure to document or falsifying documentation increased in frequency and severity in 2020, compared to 2015 and 2021. Documentation issues also can impact your license; the board of nursing may take disciplinary action or even rescind a license in the case of documentation maleficence. Don’t be subjective.
Nurse.com
APRIL 23, 2023
Being criminally charged with harm to a patient would probably make a top 10 list of nurses’ worst fears, along with being a defendant in a professional negligence lawsuit or losing their license to practice. The former employee had power of attorney for the patient’s health care, and the nurse thought this would cover any legal issues.
Hospital Recruiting | Nursing
MAY 12, 2022
It would be useful information to survey providers who retire their licenses and identify if the Vaught case contributed to their decision to find other careers. In 2021, after the criminal investigation was initiated, the TN Board of Nursing later revoked her nursing license in July of 2021.
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