Thousands of Nurses Barred Elsewhere Still Practice in California
Posted on 06. Jul, 2010 in News Stories
California’s Board of Registered Nursing has discovered around 3,500 nurses that are still licensed in California but had received discipline in other states. Some have even had their licenses revoked, but they continued to maintain a clean record in California.
The issue was uncovered when the board ran its registry of nurses against a national database run by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. 37 states and Washington, D.C. voluntarily report disciplinary actions to this national database.
Now, the board has announced that 2,000 of these nurses will face sanctions. However, the nurses will be allowed to practice freely and their names will remain undisclosed while the cases are pending.
Read more at: LA Times.
nurseynurse
Jul 6th, 2010
ONLY IN CALIFORNIA !!!!!!!!!
Fay
Jul 6th, 2010
The real problem is what about the other 13 states that dont voluntarily report their numbers. California didn’t even check with those states!
What_The_Heck
Jul 14th, 2010
Hmmm, I hope I don’t get cared for by one of the undisclosed nurses!