FAQs

Many nurses assume personal issues won’t impact their career, but this isn’t always true. Often nurses think they can compartmentalize and leave their personal issues outside of work. Unfortunately, whether you recognize it or not, your personal life can impact your practice. If you are under stressors at home, it could cause you to be…

Nursing can be a highly stressful profession. Pressure to do more with less staffing and resources can contribute to mistakes. If the mistake or the omission cause harm to a patient you can be charged criminally with negligence. At times allegations leading to complaints against your license are not even true and you must defend…

Will Every Report to the Board of Nursing Result in Discipline? Many reports are made to the Board of Nursing each year. The Board has a method of triaging the complaints based on the severity. While every report is serious, some issues are less likely to result in discipline. Working with an attorney from the…

If your nursing license was suspended, an attorney can help you get it back. Reinstatement is a very long, frustrating process. The Board is in no hurry to reinstate your license, but you must be patient and persistent. Barbara Forshier returned to law school after working as a Registered Nurse (RN) for 25+ years. Her…

Board of Nursing Investigations A board of nursing investigation is serious, but in most cases, you’ll be allowed to practice while under investigation. Immediate suspension occurs only if the Board finds that the nurse’s continued practice poses “an imminent risk of harm” to patients. Currently it can take over a year before a nurse hears…

Board of Nursing defense allows both sides to present evidence. Nurses have a right to defend their license and the career that they spent years building. The Board of Nursing must investigate all complaints that are jurisdictional. Your license is a property right giving you the constitutional right to Due Process. Part of Due Process…