Sometimes All It Takes It One Incident or Mistake: You are a Nurse 24/7/365

I love being a nursing license defense attorney and being a defense attorney, you take the bitter with the sweet on the "dark side" of the force.

It is hard however because sometimes all it takes is one mistake or one incident to lead to a cascading effect with licensure, workplace, employment, criminal, regulatory, negligence/malpractice, and/or credentialing/privileging issues. Not to mention the financial, personal, emotional, and physical tolls.

Just remember, you are a nurse 24 hours a day and although you may want to smack the crap out of someone for something or "let your hair down" and engage in some other type of behavior that is less than professional, remember you are a licensed nurse 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It is a privilege to be a nurse; don't abuse the privilege because we don't have a right to practice nursing.

So when you are in a situation whether its a work, home, or in a social setting and you feel tension rising and things getting out of control, back away or remove yourself from the altercation because you have one life, one state issued license, and sometimes all it takes is one incident or mistake....