Nursing Law & Order

TaraLynn Mackay, RN, JD (Texas) is presenting 3 webinars in April 2013 for Nursing Law & Order

TaraLynn Mackay is a Texas licensed attorney. Taralynn represents nurses before the Texas Board of Nursing. Download TaraLynn Mackay CV. 

Taralynn R. Mackay, RN, JD, is a founding partner in the law firm of McDonald, Mackay & Weitz, LLP where her practice focus since 1997 has been administrative/regulatory law, health care law, and professional licensing issues with a primary focus on representing nurses before the Texas Board of Nursing (formally known as the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners). Ms. Mackay is Board Certified in Administrative Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specializations and she has practiced Administrative Law since 1994.

See http://www.healthlicensedefense.com/TaralynnMackay.html

The Nursing Law & Order webinars are scheduled for 90 minutes. The cost is $20.00 for each webinar. No CE credit is provided.

Ms. Mackay is presenting the following webinars for Nursing Law & Order:

Are You Pro Se? The Pros and Cons of Representing Yourself before a State Nursing Board

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 6pm-7:30pm 

Registration Link: http://nursinglaw.enterthemeeting.com/m/XT5H1MNR

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State Nursing Board Probation & Monitoring: What Does It Mean and Am I Employable? 

Monday, April 15, 2013 at 6pm-7:30pm

Registration Link: http://nursinglaw.enterthemeeting.com/m/I89NXNMP

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State Nursing Board Alternative to Discipline Programs for Substance Use: Do I Just Sign on the Dotted Line? 

Monday,  April 22, 2013 at 6pm-7:30pm 

Registration Link: http://nursinglaw.enterthemeeting.com/m/DFKU8ACU

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Taralynn's can be reached at: 

Direct Line: 512-281-5999
Private Fax: 512-281-9559
Email: [email protected]

OBN E*News 02/11/2013 - Interpretive Guidelines Scheduled for Review

OBN E*News 02/11/2013 -  Interpretive Guidelines Scheduled for Review 

Five of the Board of Nursing (Board)'s approved Interpretive Guidelines are scheduled for review by the Board at its March 21 & 22, 2013, meeting.  The Board will consider re-approval of the Interpretive Guidelines in addition to any needed revisions to the Interpretive Guideline content.  In preparation for the review, the Board is seeking public comment concerning the respective Interpretive Guidelines.  To facilitate timely provision of public comments to the Board, written comments should be received at the Board office by the close of business Friday March 8, 2013.  Comments and supporting material may be sent by email to:  [email protected], or by U.S. Mail to the Board's office located at 17 South High Street, Suite 400, Columbus, Ohio 43215.  The subject line of the email or the U.S. Mail envelope should specify "Interpretive Guideline."  The Board will review and consider written comments received by the aforementioned date. 

The Interpretive Guidelines scheduled for review and attached to this eNews are:

1.  Guidelines for Intrapartum Monitoring of  Obstetrical Patients Receiving Epidural Infusions

2.  Guidelines for the Care of Patient's Receiving Intramuscular, Subdermal, or Subcutaneously Injected Medications for Cosmetic/Aesthetic Treatment

3.  Guidelines for Registered Nurse Performance of a History and Physical Examination for Purposes of Providing Nursing Care

4.  Guidelines for Monitoring and Management of Epidural Infusions

5.  Guidelines for Conservative Sharp Wound Debridement

These Interpretive Guidelines are also available for review on the Board's website:  www.nursing.ohio.gov in the "Nursing Practice" section.  Also available in that section is the companion document "Introduction: Utilizing Interpretive Guidelines."  In approving or re-approving Interpretive Guidelines the Board is not introducing a new policy but is giving licensees specific instruction regarding their obligations under existing law and rules.  An Interpretive Guideline is not a regulation of the Board, and does not carry the force and effect of law.  An Interpretive Guideline is adopted by the Board as a guideline to licensees who seek to engage in safe nursing practice.

You can now follow the Board on Facebook and Twitter.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Columbus-OH/Ohio-Board-of-Nursing/151746234862913

http://twitter.com/OhioNursingBd

Edie Brous, RN, Attorney at Law to present three Nursing Law & Order webinars in April 2013

Edie Brous, RN, JD is a licensed attorney in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Ms. Brous is a nurse license defense attorney and represents nurses before the State Nursing Boards. Ms. Brous speaks nationally on legal issues in nursing and is an active member of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (TAANA).

For additional information about Ms. Brous or to inquire about the legal services offered by her firm, see http://www.ediebrous.com/index.html. Edie can be reached by telephone at 212-989-5469. 

Ms. Brous with the Law Offices of Edith Brous, Esq. R.N. is presenting the following Nursing Law & Order webinars:

Monday, April 1, 2013 from 6pm to 7:30pm EDT

State Nursing Boards Complaints: The Who, What, When, Why & Where? 

The cost is $20.00. No CE credit is provided. To register click on the link below:

Registration Link: http://nursinglaw.enterthemeeting.com/m/YSCWIDRP

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Monday, April 8, 2013 from 6pm to 7:30pm EDT

Adjudication: What does a Hearing before the State Nursing Board Really Mean? 

The cost is $20.00. No CE credit is provided. To register click on the link below:

Registration Link: http://nursinglaw.enterthemeeting.com/m/GZ7RNKJ1

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Friday, April 26, 2013 from 6pm to 7:30pm EDT

Criminal Convictions, the State Nursing Board and Nursing Students Seeking Initial Licensure

The cost is $20.00. No CE credit is provided. To register click on the link below:

Registration Link: http://nursinglaw.enterthemeeting.com/m/YVVSJZMI

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I am pleased to offer webinars to nurses, nursing students, and others interested parties to learn more about the law, legal issues, and legalities in nursing practice. The focus of the April 2013 webinars is the State Nursing Board and Nursing Law & Order is offering a total of 16 webinars this month touching on the State Nursing Board.

Why the State Nursing Board? Nurses are more likely to be reported to the State Nursing Board Board and investigated for a complaint than to be named and sued as an individual defendant in a nursing malpractice or medical malpractice case. However nursing education, in-services, and seminars tend to focus more on nursing negligence than State Nursing Board Complaints against nurses. 

I can remember when I was in nursing school back in 60s (just kidding) and the only mention of liability concerned nursing negligence and medical malpractice. Then after graduating from nursing school in 1993 and 1994, most of the seminars I have attended that may have a topic or two on legal issues, the focus is usually documentation, negligence, and malpractice. 

You may ask  whose role is it to educate nurses and nursing students on the law, legalities, and legal issues in nursing practice? Does the role belong to individual nurses, nursing schools/colleges/programs, nursing employers, nursing unions, nursing professional associations, or another party? 

Nursing Law & Order is doing its part to educate nurses and nursing students on the law and the legal pitfalls in nursing practice. This is what I always considered Phase II to my license defense practice and I praise God that this is finally the year I am able to move forward with another component in my dream career.

What is your dream career? Are you working in your dream career? If not, build it.  

My law practice is evolving and risk management is the next component. Risk Management is usually associated with facilities and organizations however the term is applicable to individual nurses. I will always be a nurse license defense attorney and practice law before the State Nursing Boards but I have to reach up, down, back, around, and forward to educate, inspire, comfort, and help other nurses and nursing students with legal issues proactively. I feel this is my calling and having a nurse license defense practice was just the beginnning. This feels right and I am looking forward to a glorious 2013. 

Cynthia Mikos, BSN, Attorney at Law is presenting the April 10, 2013 webinar: APRN (Advanced Practice RN) Complaints with the State Nursing Board

Nursing Law & Order is sponsoring a cutting edge webinar for Advanced Practice RNs (Nurse Practitioners, CRNAs, CNMs, and CNSs) and APRN students. The webinar is titled APRN State Nursing Board Complaints, Discipline and the Legal Implications for  Nursing Practice. 

Nursing Service Organization (NSO), a division of AON Affinity, and their insurance carrier CNA released a healthcare industry resource, Nurse Practitioner Liability Update 2007-2011: A Three-Part Approach on November 13, 2012. The Update contains an analysis of nurse practitioner malpractice and license defense claims over a five-period. 

The Update noted 61% of licensing board actions against Nurse Practitioners resulted in "no action", while 3.1%of the licensing complaints resulted in the end of the nurse practitioner's career. This leaves 35.9% of licensing Board complaints resulting in some form of discipline of the license of a NP. See https://www.nso.com/pdfs/db/NSO_Claim_Study_PR_FINAL.pdf?fileName=NSO_Claim_Study_PR_FINAL.pdf&folder=pdfs/db&isLiveStr=Y 

APRNs which of course include Nurse Practitioners face a variety of legal issues in clinical practice which may result in a State Nursing Board complaint being filed against the APRN. This webinar will review the types of complaints filed against APRNs (CRNAs, CNMs, NPs, and CNSs) and the discipline implications for APRNs with respect to future employability, multi-state licensure, credentialing and privileging, and specialty certification. 

This is a 90 minute webinar presented by Cynthia Mikos, Attorney at Law with Allen Dell, P.A. There will be plenty of time alloted for questions and answers depending on the number of attendees. 

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 from 6pm to 7:30pm 

APRN State Nursing Board Complaints, Discipline, and the Legal Implications for Nursing Practice

The cost of the webinar is $20.00. No CE credit is provided. You can register online for the webinar at: http://nursinglaw.enterthemeeting.com/m/1ITTLHOK. 

Cynthia A. Mikos is a graduate of West Virginia University (B.S.N., 1977), University of Baltimore (M.B.A. 1983 with honors) and Stetson College of Law (J.D., 1993 with honors). She is rated AV Preeminent by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.

Ms. Mikos is Board Certified in Health Law by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education and represents licensed health care professionals and facilities throughout Florida. Her practice focuses on licensure, fraud and abuse advice, Medicare, Medicaid and other payer disputes, Florida and federal regulatory compliance, and business issues for health care clients.

Ms. Mikos represents a broad spectrum of health care providers, including physicians, advanced registered nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses, mental health therapists, hospitals, durable medical equipment companies, home health agencies, pharmacies, sleep laboratories, rehabilitation agencies, long term care facilities, providers of services to the developmentally disabled and independent diagnostic testing facilities. As a former nurse and executive of a Fortune 100 health care company, Ms. Mikos values her prior health care experience as an adjunct to her legal advocacy.

Ms. Mikos currently serves as the Chair for the Executive Council of the Health Law Section of The Florida Bar and has participated as a member of its Executive Committee since 2003. She is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, the Florida Association of Hospital Attorneys, the Hillsborough County Bar Association Health Law Section, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (President 2006) and the Florida and Hillsborough Association for Women Lawyers.

Ms. Mikos can be reached at 813-223-5351. For additional information about Ms. Mikos, see

 http://www.allendell.com/our-attorneys/cynthia-a-mikos/. 

To download a complete copy of the NSO Claims Study for Nurse Practitioners see: 

https://www.nso.com/pdfs/db/NP_Claims_Study_2012.pdf?fileName=NP_Claims_Study_2012.pdf&folder=pdfs/db&isLiveStr=Y

 

State Nursing Board Disciplinary Investigations: What Am I Facing Here? webinar

Nursing Law & Order is offering a 60 minute webinar for nurses and nursing students to learn more about the nuts and bolts of State Nursing Board disciplinary investigations. The webinar will be presented by a licensed attorney with experience defending nurses before the State Nursing Board.

The webinar will review the following topics: 

What is a disciplinary investigation before the State Nursing Board? 

What are your rights and responsibilities in a State Nursing Board investigation? 

What is the process and procedure of a State Nursing Board investigation? 

Should I respond in writing to the complaint against my license? 

What is the difference between State Nursing Board staff and State Nursing Board members and which are involved in a disciplinary investigation of a nursing license? 

Friday, April 5, 2013 at 6p.m. EDT

The cost of the webinar is $20.00.

There will be plenty of time also questions and answers.

You can register online at:

Registration Link: http://nursinglaw.enterthemeeting.com/m/XKMUZT76. 

Are You Pro Se? The Pros and Cons of Self-Representation before the State Nursing Board

Nursing Law & Order is offering a 60 minute webinar for nurses and nursing students to learn more about the pros and cons of self-representation before the State Nursing Board. The webinar will review the following topics: 

What is Pro Se? 

Why do the majority of nurses represent themselves before the State Nursing Board in disciplinary investigations and complaints? 

What are the benefits and risks of representing yourself before the State Nursing Board?

What are the benefits and risk of retaining an attorney to represent you before the State Nursing Board?

What type of attorney should I retain to assist me before the State Nursing Board?

What is a flat fee vs. a evergreen retainer in reference to legal services? 

Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 6p.m. EDT

The cost of the webinar is $20.00.

There will be plenty of time also questions and answers.

You can register online at:

Registration Link: http://nursinglaw.enterthemeeting.com/m/XT5H1MNR

No continuing education is provided however you can receive a certificate of attendance to include in your nursing portfolio.  

State Nursing Board Complaints: The Who, What, When, Why & Where? Webinar

Nursing Law & Order is offering a webinar for nurses and nursing students to learn more about State Nursing Board complaints. 

Do you want to know more about State Nursing Board complaints? 

Are you involved in a State Nursing Board complaint against your license?

What is a State Nursing Board Complaint? 

Am I more likely to be sued for nursing malpractice or reported to the State Nursing Board? 

Monday, April 1, 2013 at 6p.m. EDT

The cost of the webinar is $20.00. 

You can register online at:

Registration Link: http://nursinglaw.enterthemeeting.com/m/YSCWIDRP

No continuing education credit is provided. However you can be emailed a certificate of attendance to include in your own nursing portfolio.