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You Worked Too Hard to Lose Your License: Protect It with These 10 Essentials

Empowered Nurses

Youve poured your soul into this career, and your nursing license is a symbol of that hard work. But heres the truth: in the hustle and grind of daily practice, its easy to forget that your license isnt just a piece of paperits your livelihood, your passion, and your future. Document Like Lives Depend on It (Because They Do!)

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How To Close A Practice – The Right Way

Nurse Practitioners in Business

Prepare and communicate how emergencies will be handled during the time leading up to the closure. Use a secure, HIPAA-compliant shredding service for paper documents and hard drives containing patient files. Malpractice Insurance & Professional License: Notify your state licensing board of your upcoming office closure.

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5 Risk Control Considerations as Nurse Practitioners’ Scope of Practice Expands

Minority Nurse

This means NPs can evaluate patients, diagnose, order, and interpret diagnostic tests, and initiate and manage treatments (including prescribing medications) under the licensing authority of the State Board of Nursing. Therefore, establishing clear communication and maintaining thorough documentation is essential. Documentation.

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Do’s and don’ts of defensive documentation

American Nurse

DOCUMENTING CARE is a basic nursing responsibility, but it’s one that nurses often struggle with because of time constraints and challenges associated with electronic health records (EHRs), such as poor user interfaces that leave nurses unclear as to where to document findings. The NSO/CNA Nurse Liability Claim Report (4th Ed.)

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The Rise of Malpractice Claims Against NPs

Daily Nurse

In December 2019, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) reported that 290,000 NPs were licensed to practice in the United States. percent of licensed NPs in the U.S. Document your patient care assessments, observations, communications, and actions in an objective, timely, accurate, complete, and appropriate manner.

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Risks Facing Nurse Practitioners Today

Minority Nurse

In many diagnosis-related closed claims, a lack of sound documentation supporting the decision-making process of the treating NP or other staff members under the NP’s supervision hindered the case’s legal defense. Common missing or incomplete documentation noted in the dataset included: Lack of a complete patient and family history.

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Nurses as Key Players in Telehealth

Daily Nurse

Additionally, licensing requirements were relaxed in many states, which helped enable nursing professionals to practice across state lines via telehealth, as were requirements that patients have an established relationship with a provider before they could receive telehealth services. The answer is yes and no.

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