Since the Covid-19 pandemic started, healthcare professionals across the nation have been ringing the alarm about adverse working conditions, understaffing, and personal safety issues. In fact, according to Morning Consult, nearly 1 in 5 health care workers have quit their job during the pandemic. Resigning from a job that causes dissatisfaction is an obvious option…
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Tips To Protect Your Nursing License During COVID-19
On August 26, 2020, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) released an article authored by AJC journalist Rose Kennedy, and it features Attorney Hahnah Williams, Esq, RN who addresses some key steps nurses can take to protect their nursing licenses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, Ms. Williams suggests that nurses: Recognize that Georgia is a mandatory reporting state meaning that state law requires certain nurses and employers of nurses to report the names any nurse to the Board if…
Continue reading…National Nurse Attorney Association Releases COVID-19 Paper in Support of Healthcare Professionals
On today, The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (“TAANA”) released a COVID-19 Position Paper in support of frontline healthcare professionals. The Paper was authored by TAANA members Hahnah Williams, Esq, RN, Paula Grant, RN, JD, and Kimberly Kent, RN, JD. TAANA is a national organization whose members practice in academia, private law practice, as litigators…
Continue reading…Joint Commission Supports the Use of Facemasks Brought from Home Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
On today, the Joint Commission issued a statement supporting the use of personal facemasks and/or N95 respirators when healthcare organizations cannot provide healthcare workers access to protective equipment “that is commensurate with the risk health care workers are exposed to amid the COVID-19 pandemic.” As the nation’s oldest and largest accrediting body in healthcare, the…
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