“Weak oversight” charged in probe of New York nurse regulation July 21, 2016 Continuing its periodic investigative reports on state licensing boards, the non-profit journalism organization ProPublica [...]
Requiring MD supervision of nurse anesthetists does not make patients safe June 23, 2016 A recent study conducted by a Virginia-based research group has found that certain restrictions relating to the practice of [...]
VA plans use of RNs to fill MDs’ roles June 14, 2016 The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will cope with physician shortages by significantly broadening the scope of [...]
Judges debate: Did professional lapses or hospital’s “chaos” cause a patient death? June 7, 2016 In the case of a nurse disciplined for contributing to the death of a hospital patient, the Supreme Court of Ohio held [...]
Cost savings not resulting from nurse practitioner expansion June 2, 2016 A recent study from the University of California San Francisco suggests that the expansion of nurse practitioners’ [...]
Online renewal systems alleged to raise identity fraud risk May 27, 2016 Security of licensing data has become an issue with Indiana’s nursing board, which uses an online system for renewing [...]
NY nurse discipline blasted in new investigative report May 3, 2016 New York legislators are taking heed after a ProPublica investigative report revealed startling ineffectiveness in the [...]
Court throws out board’s discipline for missing time limit February 11, 2016 The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia rebuked the West Virginia nursing board for failing to meet a statutory [...]
Canadians adapting well to U.S. nursing exam, testmaker insists December 9, 2015 Controversy has surrounded the adoption of the U.S. nurse licensing exam, titled the NCLEX (National Council Licensure [...]
Application fraud slips through cracks in Massachusetts October 20, 2015 In Massachusetts, nursing applications have been pouring in, with up to 10,000 submitted in a year. But only three [...]