If you have had more than one State Nursing Board Complaint and this isn't your first State Nursing Board investigation and you are seeking attorney representation, let your attorney know this upfront and initially. Don't hide it.
It really sours the attorney-client relationship when you speak with an investigator, staff, or an attorney from the Nursing Board and find out that a nurse has had two, three, or four State Nursing Board complaints filed against him/her and the nurse fails to disclose this information to you. You don't have to watch CSI or have forensic training to see a pattern if the allegations are similiar when a nurse has had multiple State Nursing Board complaints!
I terminate the professional relationship in these types of cases. Yes attorneys can and do fire clients, this attorney does anyway.
Why would you not tell your attorney this is your 2nd, 3rd, or 4th State Nursing Board investigation and complaint? Its deceptive because guess what if you have had that number of complaints then most of the time the Board is going to treat the pending complaint with a Priority One and Big Red status depending on the allegations. Your potato is hot!!
I have a problem with liars, but that's another story. I just feel that there are SO many other people a client can lie to like close friends, family, kids, and a spouse/partner so why lie to your attorney? This is the 2nd time a person has lied to me about previous State Nursing Board complaints this year and therefore this will be the first question I start asking when I speak with prospective clients. Is this your first State Nursing Board complaint and investigation?
I am revising my client intake form and this is the first question on the form in bold even before I ask for your name:
Have you ever in this lifetime or a previous life been reported to the State Nursing Board or any state or federal regulatory agency in this state, another state, another country, or on another planet?
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