Category: Empowered Nurses

I believe that nurses are the hardest working people on Earth!  You deserve Nurses Week. You could not pay some folks enough money to do some of the things that nurses do and to be exposed to the things that nurses have to face. Unfortunately, our efforts are not always recognized.  Many times what we do is recognized by our […]

Your license is a privilege and not a right.  Just as your driver’s license can be suspended, so can your nursing license.  The Board needs only to provide you with reasonable notice which could mean the day before or even, and I have seen it, the morning of a hearing.  In the hearing the State must show that you are […]

Guest post by Keith Carlson As a nurse, keeping an open mind, expanding your worldview and branching out personally and professionally can be very empowering. We can all get stuck sometimes, but being what I call “ a well-resourced” nurse means that you’re open to new experiences and willing to grow in every way. Whether it’s online resources for advancing […]

Brittney Wilson, RN, BSN Technology and social media have added many new benefits as well as many new challenges to the nursing profession. On the one hand we now can access patient data and chart on patient care more quickly and easily than ever and we have access to a nearly limitless online support system of nurses. However, on the […]

I’m always interested in hearing advice from other nurses on how those in our profession can protect our license.  Every nurse I have represented has said to me, “I never thought I would appear before the Board.”  But “I don’t know” is not a defense. I have my way to teach nurses how to protect their license but it is […]

Guest post by Renee Thompson Jacob just wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. We were at a neighbor’s party and there was a “no kids allowed” hot tub rule. All of the other kids accepted this rule and although they whined a bit, they quickly found something else to do – but not Jacob. He sat on the edge of […]

  I hear it from so many nurses: “I’m going to quit nursing because…”  That open-ended statement can be filled with the doctor’s administration, my co-workers, working odd shifts, mandatory overtime, too many holidays, and the list can go on and on. However, before you quit nursing, ask yourself one question: “WHY did you go into nursing in the first […]

Guest post by Caroline Porter Thomas Hello & Thank you for reading! A special thanks also to Lorie, for having me. My name is Caroline Porter Thomas and I’m so excited that you are reading this! I believe that you can truly be happy in your career as a nurse, but, it does take a little work. The nursing job […]

Many nurses incorrectly believe that the only nurses who end up before the Licensing Board are impaired.  This is simply not true. An impaired nurse is someone who uses alcohol or a controlled substance on a regular basis and to the extent that it interferes with their work.  And here’s a sad fact, many of these nurses don’t know that […]

By Elizabeth Scala These days the new catch phrase is ‘self-care’. We hear it all of the time; what are you doing to take care of yourself? How are you making your own health a priority? When do you exercise? Eat right? Meditate? It can get a bit overwhelming, even exhausting at times. As nurses we ‘know’ what we ought […]