We all know about nurse shortages and burnout in the wake of COVID-19 due to work load and concern regarding inadequate supplies of personal protective equipment and of ventilators for the sickest patients, the shocking death rate, and the fear of infecting loved...
Unauthorized trading is one kind of investment misconduct by a financial advisor or broker in which they execute investment transactions on behalf of a client using the customer’s money, but without their written permission or in violation of the customer’s investment...
The answer is clear: Yes. Posting unprofessional or illegal pictures or writings could harm a nurse’s job, professional reputation or even their license to practice nursing. How might nurses’ posts on Facebook, Instagram and elsewhere harm them? The biggest issue with...
In our last post, we reviewed the outcome of the trial and sentencing of Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught. Vaught was tried and convicted of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult in March of this year. Although the judge showed leniency in...
Nurses from across the country expressed shock and anger when Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught was tried and convicted earlier this year for the accidental death of a patient in 2017 due to a medication error. Such mistakes rarely reach the criminal courts and state...
If the state licensing board has evidence that a doctor’s mental health may put patients at risk, the agency may take action to restrict their license to practice medicine. This scenario likely would come before the board if someone files a grievance that may trigger...
Today we pick up where we left off in part 1 of this post. Namely, we take a closer look at licensing matters and business considerations for the advanced practice regular nurse (APRN) who wants to set up their own medical spa in Kentucky. Kentucky Board of Nursing...
Readers may recall a few decades ago when Botox and other injectable medications that use the botulinum toxin entered the market as a way to smooth facial lines and wrinkles and lessen other signs of aging. Some public reluctance existed at the begsinning because...
On Jan. 1, the federal No Surprises Act (NSA or the Act) took effect along with voluminous implementing regulations. The law imposes significant and sometimes intricately detailed legal responsibilities on doctors and other licensed health care professionals,...
Many private employers have complex federal responsibilities to provide specific notices to qualifying employees leaving employment or experiencing certain other major life events. Known as COBRA continuation notices or COBRA election notices, they inform employees...
