Bill of Rights for Nurses in Licensure Matters

Summary

---

Nurses are not receiving the education and training needed for practical application of nursing law, regulations, and standards to current dilemmas and issues routinely encountered in clinical nursing practice. Nurse attorneys advising nurses in licensure and workplace matters are in a unique position to educate nurses on the law, legalities, and legal process through seminars, conventions, poster presentations, and publications and provide prospective, potential, and actual nurse-clients with a Bill of Rights for the disciplinary process and procedure. This article was drafted for educational and information purposes for the individual nurse.

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Bill of Rights for Nurses in Licensure Matters

You, like all Americans, have heard this repeated on a television show or on a radio talk show: "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you can and will say will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney present now and during any future questioning." These are the Miranda Rights read to accused individuals prior to questioning (Miranda v. Arizona, 1966).

What do Miranda Rights have to do with the practice of nursing? Everything for nurses involved in board of nursing disciplinary investigations and adjudications.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STATE BOARD OF NURSING AND PROFESSIONAL NURSING ASSOCIATIONS

Unfortunately, confusion still exists between...

See the full content of this document

---