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Contributing to the Profession: Why Nursing Education Matters

Minority Nurse

No longer are nurses viewed as the safe harbor for patients who were battered by the winds and wrath of an industrial health care complex. Instead, nurses are publicly placed on trial for system errors and named in lawsuits for medical malpractice. What does the future of nursing look like in America?

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Fertility nurse steals drugs: Patients undergo egg retrieval without anesthesia

Empowered Nurses

There was malpractice on the part of Yale for not investigating the earlier patient complaints and by giving patients saline rather than fentanyl. My heart truly goes out to these patients who were harmed by the criminal act of this nurse. It wasn’t until a cap came off easily that anyone questioned something being wrong.

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Can You Refuse An Unsafe Assignment?

Empowered Nurses

Your first thought is probably “I don’t want to commit malpractice; I want to provide the best care for my patients, and I want to protect my license.” Here’s the scene: you walk into work for your 12-hour shift and immediately find yourself facing an exceptionally heavy patient load. What can you do?

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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Shelise Valentine

Minority Nurse

Shelise Valentine, RNC, MSN, C-EFM, CPPS, CPHRM, is the Director of Clinical Education, Healthcare Risk Advisors, part of TDC Group and chairs nursing, co-chairs obstetric and simulation initiatives, and directs risk management and obstetric education for insured hospital clients to improve patient safety and reduce malpractice risk.

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Why Legal Nurse Consulting is the Easiest Business to Start

Empowered Nurses

You are in control of your workload and schedule, which can significantly reduce the stress often associated with traditional nursing roles. High Demand for Expertise The demand for legal nurse consultants is steadily growing, due to the nursing shortage. I call this job security.

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The Mess In Healthcare Gets Messier

Empowered Nurses

Nurses should be treated with respect and dignity and given proper staffing. No wonder there is a nursing shortage. Many in the nursing population find it getting harder to handle that kind of stress and workload as they get older. President of New York State Nurses Association. Interview with Nancy Hagans, R.N.,

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Who Is Maya Kowalski?

Empowered Nurses

The family is suing John Hopkins Hospital for malpractice, asking for $220,000,000.00 Beata, having been barred by CPS from seeing or speaking to Maya subsequently became depressed as it certainly caused her stress as well. Subsequently, after leaving two notes, Beata took her own life!