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What Happens When Nurses Allegedly Fake Their Credentials

Daily Nurse

Most people are hardworking and often pretty good folks, and then there are the others like those caught up in a scheme uncovered in January where several people allegedly faked diplomas and transcripts and sold them to nurses—many of whom had allegedly used them to sit for their licensing and work as nurses.

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Risks Facing Nurse Practitioners Today

Minority Nurse

Nurse practitioner malpractice data can be used to inform and address areas of clinical improvement as well as help to improve the quality of care and patient safety. Malpractice claim costs are on the rise. The average total incurred amount of a nurse practitioner malpractice claim has increased to $332,137 – a jump of more than 10.5%

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Healthcare Staffing and 1099 Misclassification: Lawsuit Roundup

IntelyCare

In 2021, it launched a specific initiative to address employee misclassification in residential care, nursing facilities, home health services, and other providers in the post-acute care industry. If you have legal questions, you should seek the advice of an attorney licensed to practice in your jurisdiction.

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Opinion: ReDonda Vaught Conviction Raises Serious Concerns for Healthcare Delivery

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

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. Does this mean personal liability (malpractice) insurance could essentially be null? Malpractice insurance protects us financially, but certainly not criminally.

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Patient Safety Goals: Why Set Them and How to Achieve Them

Nurse.com

Patient safety issues are the leading cause of malpractice suits involving nurses. An analysis by a medical liability insurer indicated that 850 of 4,634 malpractice claims closed between 2018 and 2021 involved nurses. Remember that if patient safety is compromised, your license to practice can be compromised, as well.

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The Mess In Healthcare Gets Messier

Empowered Nurses

According to healthaffairs.org, during the year 2021 alone, over 100,000 nurses left the profession, the largest drop in the last 4 decades! In addition, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing says that in that same year, 2021, nursing schools turned away almost 92,000 applicants because of a shortage of qualified instructors.

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Protect Yourself From Nursing Lawsuits, Other Legal Issues

Nurse.com

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. At Berxi, we’re here to make medical malpractice insurance better for you.