In Georgia, the Board of Nursing can refuse to grant a license to an applicant, revoke the license of a licensed nurse, and discipline a licensed nurse upon a finding by the Board that that the applicant or licensee has been convicted of a felony or any crime involving moral turpitude.   The Board regulations do…

It is true that a patient can sue the hospital and individual healthcare professionals in a medical malpractice lawsuit to obtain the maximum amount from multiple insurance policies.  However, a healthcare professional’s individual insurance policy is not public information. Therefore, the patient will not become aware of the individual insurance policy until after the healthcare…

I highly recommend that you purchase individual insurance with license protection benefits.  Most employer policies only cover professional negligence claims resulting from care that the nurse provides at the employer’s facility.  Employer policies typically DO NOT provide license protection benefits. For example, Nurse Tommy performed several dressing changes on Patient X while the patient was…