The Florence Nightingale effect may provide romantic fodder for Hollywood dramatizations, but real life is an entirely different matter. Indeed, alleged boundary violations may give way to litigation and other professional consequences, such as a negligence lawsuit...
Is the path to mental health recovery as straightforward as treatments for physical ailments? For example, if something goes awry and a mental health patient commits suicide, should that behavior have been foreseen? Although any medical procedure may have inherent...
If you are going into treatment for drug use, and have been diverting drugs from your job, you should never disclose this to your treatment provider. You will be admitting to a crime. Although it is necessary for you to disclose to the treatment provider what...
A recent story illustrates just how much is at stake when an individual has to defend against a negligence claim, and possibly his or her professional license. The article profiled a former doctor who lost his medical license after he was charged for seven counts of...
Since 2000, a group called the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) has been working to facilitate mobility among nurses who seek to work in different states. Fully half the states have now adopted legislation to make this possible. Under the Nurse...
