Nurse Licensing

Nurses devote themselves to caring for others. They are an essential part of our health care system, providing the care and attention that patients often cannot receive from busy doctors. That is just part of why it is so important to act quickly and effectively to...

If you make a living as a nurse, a time may come when you receive notification that someone made a complaint against you, even if you believe the complaint to be meritless. If you become the subject of an investigation by the Texas Board of Nursing, how you respond to...

Let us say that you relocated to Texas to take a position as Nurse Practitioner with a small physician's group. No sooner had you settled in when your supervisor told you to make a change to a medical record so that it would support a certain billing code. You...

For health care providers, patient complaints can be not only disheartening to one's professional confidence, but also a source of trouble if the complaint involves allegations of professional misconduct. Understanding the complaint and investigation process, and...

When nurses get a letter from a disciplinary board, the letter commonly concerns drug or alcohol issues, criminal convictions, inadequately maintaining patient records, or a host of other issues such as unprofessional conduct. Such letters are often stressful for...

Being charged with a DWI is embarrassing, expensive and stressful. But if you are a nurse who has been convicted of a DWI while you were off duty, then the stakes are even higher. Your livelihood could be at risk.After being convicted of drunk driving, it is likely...

Few things can turn a nurse's life upside down like a disciplinary proceeding. Nurses work extremely hard to get their careers going, and to know that it is all in jeopardy can be almost too much to bear. The good news is that nurses do not have to face disciplinary...

Anytime a LVN or RN faces a disciplinary proceeding with Texas Board of Nursing (BON), he or she should immediately contact an attorney who is well-versed in the processes and professionals involved. With your license in jeopardy, you cannot afford to take on the...

An Informal Settlement Conference (ISC) consists of a presentation of the allegations and evidence in the investigation against the nurse to members of the Board of Nursing. The nurse and/or his or her attorneys then present their rebuttal. After information is...