“Weak oversight” charged in probe of New York nurse regulation
Continuing its periodic investigative reports on state licensing boards, the non-profit journalism organization ProPublica [...]
Nursing
Requiring MD supervision of nurse anesthetists does not make patients safe
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
In Massachusetts, nursing applications have been pouring in, with up to 10,000 submitted in a year. But only three [...]