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May 21, 2022Nursing License Defense

What Is a Nursing Peer Review Committee in Texas?

A nursing peer review committee aims to determine if an entity (such as a hospital or nursing home) should report an incident involving a nurse to the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) for professional misconduct or licensure violations. An employer can take disciplinary action against a nurse regardless of the outcome of the peer review. The peer review process exclusively deals with BON reports, or where a BON report already has occurred, with reporting findings...

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May 08, 2022Nursing License Defense

Case Study for Nurse License #941003

Nurses can be subject to various disciplinary complaints on different grounds. To illustrate one type of complaint that a nurse might face before the Texas Board of Nursing and the discipline that might result from a complaint, we can explore the details of the disciplinary case entitled In the Matter of Registered Nurse License Number 941003. This case involved a Texas Board of Nursing (BON) disciplinary complaint concerning an alleged violation of Tex. Occ. Code,...

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May 28, 2021Medical License Defense,Nursing License Defense

How We Defend Texas Nurses Accused of Exceeding Their Scope of Authority

The nurses of Texas are a rare breed of professional, who routinely place the well-being of others above their own and provide life-saving (and life-changing) care. As the "human face" of healthcare, they have a whole host of responsibilities, and in some cases those responsibilities overlap with the responsibilities of doctors. But nurses must be very careful not to cross over into providing assistance to patients that goes beyond the scope of their authority. There...

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Are nurses made aware of identities of filers of complaints with the texas bon

March 19, 2021Nursing License Defense,Posts

Can Nurses Obtain the Identity of a Filer of a Complaint With the Texas Board of Nursing?

No nurse wants to learn they have been the subject of a complaint before the Texas Board of Nursing. Anyone can file these complaints, and they can result in serious professional repercussions, including revocation of the license to practice as a nurse in the state. Such a result generally means that the possibility of licensure elsewhere is off the table as well. This all amounts to a lot of wasted money, wasted time, and wasted...

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When the texas board of nursing is required to suspend or revoke a nursing license

March 16, 2021Nursing License Defense,Posts

When is the Texas Board of Nursing Required to Suspend or Revoke a Nursing License?

The possibility they may lose their license is one of the greatest professional fears that nurses live with. Complaints to the Texas Board of Nursing sometimes have the unfortunate outcome of revocation of licensure, mainly where violations of relevant code and rules are considered egregious enough. Of course, usually, there is some latitude in the discipline that the Board doles out, allowing it to be lenient where it believes improvement is still possible. But there...

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February 09, 2021Nursing License Defense,Posts

Texas Nurses Risking Discipline for Failing to Get Continuing Education

The Texas Board of Nursing takes the regulation of its licensees very seriously. It is responsible not just for the initial licensure of nurses—in the course of which it naturally takes into account the quality and amount of prospective nurses' education—but for ensuring that every licensed nurse maintains the quality of care they are providing throughout their careers. And as part of this, we find the requirement that every nurse demonstrate their ongoing competency to...

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February 01, 2021Nursing License Defense,Posts

Petitioning The Texas Board of Nursing For Reinstatement of License

When a nurse has their license revoked by the Texas Board of Nursing, or has surrendered it willingly, it may feel like the end. But, in some circumstances, the Board may be understanding and permit a nurse to have their license reinstated. Of course, this will come with some prerequisite actions on the nurse’s part. The criteria for reinstatement requires that any evidence a nurse puts forward must indicate that permitting the nurse to practice...

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January 28, 2021Nursing License Defense,Posts

When a Texas Nurse is Issued a Board Order

The licenses of nurses in the state of Texas are governed by the Texas Board of Nursing. This Board has been granted the authority to oversee and discipline any nurse found to have behaved in contradiction to the standards of the profession, or who has violated Board rules or the Nursing Practice Act. Such a scenario results in the Board issuing a Board Order to the licensee. These Board Orders are descriptions of the case...

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January 22, 2021Nursing License Defense,Posts

What to Do if You Lose Your Nursing License

It’s the outcome every nurse dreads: the loss of their nursing license due to a complaint. It can feel like the world has fallen out from beneath their feet; their professional life has come to a complete standstill. But this doesn’t have to be the case. There are actions a nurse recently stripped of their license can still take. For one thing, loss of the license is not cause for despair. Nurses have a skill...

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December 07, 2020Nursing License Defense,Posts

When the Texas Board of Nursing Offers an Agreed Order

Every complaint made against Texas nurses is reviewed by the Texas Board of Nursing. At times this Board will offer an Agreed Order, which sets forth particular sanctions against a nurse. The Agreed Order is explicitly designed to describe the type of discipline to which a nurse who accepts it will be subjected. This includes any requirements the nurse under consideration will need to complete, such as any sort of remedial education, or a set...

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