Empowered Nurses

APRIL 17, 2025

Everything you document is instantly available to patients and their families, and in some cases, their attorneys. Try: Patient declined ordered medication after education provided. But if something significant occurred, document it as close to the time it happened as you can. Protect your license by documenting with intention.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 20, 2025

Obtain State Licensure as an FNP After passing your FNP certification exam, the next step is to apply for an advanced practice nurse practitioner ( APRN ) license in your primary state of residence or where you intend to work. The AANP and ANCC have specifics regarding the type of continuing education needed every five years.

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Every Nurse

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Summary : A DUI conviction can have severe professional and personal consequences for nurses, including license sanctions, career jeopardy, legal penalties, and long-term personal impact. This process can be lengthy and stressful, often requiring the nurse to provide detailed explanations and documentation.

Licensing 52

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Empowered Nurses

JANUARY 30, 2025

Document what you say and why you said ityour charting is your safeguard. Education and Advocacy: Understanding the legal landscape of our profession helps us protect ourselves. How do we continue to communicate with the authenticity that makes nursing so powerful while protecting ourselves from misinterpretation?

Communication 84

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 11, 2025

Those disparities include barriers like leadership underrepresentation, licensing challenges, lack of access to educational pathways, and hiring discrimination. Prior publications from the Mullan Institute documented underrepresentation in health professions for Black and Latino Americans.

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Registered Nursing

APRIL 28, 2025

To address this shortage and enhance workforce mobility, the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) allows nurses to practice in multiple states with a single license. Obtaining a nursing license in multiple states can seem daunting, but with the right information and resources, it becomes a manageable and rewarding process.

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Registered Nursing

APRIL 21, 2025

Whether you’re a travel nurse responding to a crisis or a newly relocated RN eager to start working, obtaining a license promptly is crucial. These states offer expedited licensing processes, allowing nurses to obtain temporary licenses swiftly, sometimes within a day. What Is a Walk-Through State?

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 17, 2023

Most people are hardworking and often pretty good folks, and then there are the others like those caught up in a scheme uncovered in January where several people allegedly faked diplomas and transcripts and sold them to nurses—many of whom had allegedly used them to sit for their licensing and work as nurses.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 24, 2023

In December 2019, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) reported that 290,000 NPs were licensed to practice in the United States. percent of licensed NPs in the U.S. Document your patient care assessments, observations, communications, and actions in an objective, timely, accurate, complete, and appropriate manner.

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American Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

DOCUMENTING CARE is a basic nursing responsibility, but it’s one that nurses often struggle with because of time constraints and challenges associated with electronic health records (EHRs), such as poor user interfaces that leave nurses unclear as to where to document findings. The NSO/CNA Nurse Liability Claim Report (4th Ed.)

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 18, 2025

The course also covers best practices for medication storage, handling, and disposal, along with patient education strategies and methods to identify common medication errors. American Medical Compliance is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education to physicians.

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Nurse.com

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Most of the nurses are still under investigation, but seven licenses have been rescinded so far. Twenty-four of the nurses were found to have legitimate licenses, said Meyer. Such charges include practicing nursing without a license, fraud, and falsification of medical records.” How could they pass the NCLEX?

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 21, 2025

These experiences are far more than educational checkpointsthey’re the foundation upon which your entire advanced practice nursing career will be built. Research indicates adequate supervision and constructive feedback are critical factors in the quality of clinical education.

Preceptors 52

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

In many diagnosis-related closed claims, a lack of sound documentation supporting the decision-making process of the treating NP or other staff members under the NP’s supervision hindered the case’s legal defense. Common missing or incomplete documentation noted in the dataset included: Lack of a complete patient and family history.

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Empowered Nurses

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Additionally: 72% would pursue the same education program. For advanced practice nurses, documentation requirements (11%) and lack of work-life balance (11%) also topped the list. 45% would stick with their current specialty.

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CynaMed

JULY 10, 2023

2 minute read To be a working nurse, you must have an updated nursing license. Without a renewed license, your nursing status becomes inactive. As a nurse, you are responsible for renewing your license before it expires. On the surface, the process of renewing your license seems simple.

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Daily Nurse

AUGUST 7, 2023

Additionally, licensing requirements were relaxed in many states, which helped enable nursing professionals to practice across state lines via telehealth, as were requirements that patients have an established relationship with a provider before they could receive telehealth services.

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The Gypsy Nurse

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Licensed practical nurses (LPNs), also known in California and Texas as licensed vocational nurses (LVNs), are instrumental members of a healthcare team. Here’s how to get your travel nursing career started as a licensed practical nurse. How To Start Your Travel Nurse Career as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) 1.

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Diversity Nursing

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Licensure and Certification To legally practice as a Nurse, you must obtain and maintain a valid Nursing license or certification in the state you practice Nursing. Licensure is the process state boards of Nursing use to determine a Nurse has attained the educational and clinical requirements to practice Nursing competently.

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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Next, pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) NCLEX-RN and meet additional state licensing requirements to become a licensed RN. Continuing your education and completing a Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) or a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at the University of St.

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The Gypsy Nurse

MARCH 18, 2023

If you are looking into International Travel nursing, we recommend allowing yourself a minimum of 6 months to prepare and obtain the required certifications, visas, and licensing. Application for a work permit” (IMM 1295) “Document Checklist” (IMM 5488) “Original receipt form” (IMM 5401) or payment receipt for fees paid online.

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IntelyCare

MARCH 6, 2023

Nursing education doesn’t stop after you receive your license. Instead, nurses at all practice levels are required to complete continuing education (CE) courses. These are also referred to as continuing nursing education (CNE) courses. What are Continuing Education Courses? Here’s what you need to know.

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Nurse.com

APRIL 18, 2023

According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), clear and accurate documentation is essential for safe, quality, evidence-based nursing practice. This applies across settings, for registered and advanced practice nurses alike, according to ANA’s Principles for Nursing Documentation Guidance for Registered Nurses.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 14, 2023

As registered nurses, we put a lot of time and effort into obtaining and organizing documents we must maintain. But we do much more than obtain required continuing education hours, maintain certifications, and renew licenses. Where are you documenting that? Your Gmail™ account also gives you access to Google Drive ™.

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Scrubs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Beggs was in the middle of an accelerated nursing program, which she says packs three years’ worth of education into one year, when the pandemic shut everything down, forcing her to continue her education online. So, she started documenting her studying process on social media. It’s turned into a full-fledged business.

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American Nurse

JUNE 3, 2024

Create a care plan based on the patient’s ASD assessment, communicate it to all care team members, and document it in the patient health record. Admission history document. If the patient is ever re-admitted, the care team can retrieve and update the document as needed. See EBP recommendations.)

Communication 111

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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JUNE 13, 2024

A speech-language pathologist assists and guides patients to improve their quality of life through better social interaction, educational growth and career opportunities. Some state-specific requirements may depend on the setting you plan to work in , such as education, telemedicine or early intervention.

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American Nurse

JANUARY 2, 2024

Using the Haag-Heitman and George framework, the UNPC chair manages the nursing peer review process, compliance, and education. The traditional process uses paper checklists to conduct and document completion, a time-consuming practice for participants and the UNPC chair. See Be clear.

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Self-Care Leadership Licensing Promotion 104

American Nurse

MARCH 2, 2023

These unlicensed persons have not completed nursing education programs or met other licensing requirements. In many instances, substitutions of unlicensed personnel for licensed nurses clearly violates state nurse practice acts. Read the full document at bit.ly/3RIu9TU. References American Nurses Association.

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Daily Nurse

MARCH 19, 2024

A 2021 Journal of Nursing Administration study states, “ Nurse specialty certification is ’a mechanism for validation or formal recognition by documenting individual nurses’ knowledge, skills, and abilities specific to their specialty’. It is a form of individual credentialing above and beyond entry-level education and licensing.

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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

JANUARY 25, 2024

At USAHS, our curriculum is designed to facilitate collaboration among occupational therapists (OTs), physical therapists (PTs) and speech-language pathologists (SLPs), fostering an integrated approach we term “interprofessional education.” Submit any required documentation. Program Information How to Apply Request Information 1.

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Scrubs

JULY 22, 2023

Protect your assets and your license by having personal liability insurance separate from anything offered to you through your employer. Use documentation for more than just patient care. Do not be afraid to document instances of bullying and harrassment from anyone, physicians included. Pay for personal liability insurance.

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Diversity Nursing

JULY 24, 2024

Consider asking about: The facility's approach to patient care Opportunities for professional development and continuing education The team dynamics and work culture Challenges the unit is currently facing Tip: Avoid asking questions that are easily answered by looking at the facility’s website or job description.

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Nurse.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The report also specifically states the need for eliminating restrictions on the scope of practice of advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurses so they can practice to the full extent of their education and training. Currently, the majority of states within the U.S.

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Empowered Nurses

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

She wants to have nurses practice to the full extent to their license and empower them to be autonomous or empower them with autonomy and resources. To restate, I am not sure how educating nurses is going to improve patient care and nurse satisfaction, thus improving retention. They have a clinical ladder which now includes a level 5.

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American Nurse

AUGUST 30, 2023

The 2022 National Nursing Workforce Study conducted by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) reported that an estimated 100,000 (to as many as 200,000) RNs and 34,000 licensed practical (LPNs) and vocational nurses left the workforce over the past 2 years. The reason? The pandemic. Although acute care hospitals employ 73.5%

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Diversity Nursing

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Certified Nursing Assistants play a vital role in healthcare by working directly under registered and licensed practical Nurses. Lays an Educational Foundation Certified Nursing Assistants must have a basic knowledge of human anatomy, nutrition, infection control, communication, documentation, and basic patient care.

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