Articles Tagged With 'California Board Of Registered Nursing'
California Health Boards Draft Rules to Fix Worker Loopholes
California’s health licensing boards are working to pass new regulations to prevent incompetent or dangerous workers from practicing.
California Eyes Discipline for 2,000 Nurses Sanctioned by Other States
After a ProPublica-LA Times investigation, regulators found 3,500 nurses with clean California licenses had been punished for misconduct in other states.
Schwarzenegger Loses Bid to Fix Oversight of Health Care Professionals
A bill that would have standardized the disciplinary process for California's 1 million licensed health care professionals died in a legislative committee.
Union Pressure Exacts a Toll on California Bill to Overhaul Health Care Oversight
A California state senator agrees to drop some provisions of her bill on the investigation and discipline of California health professionals.
Unions Take Fire at Bill to Revamp California Health Care Oversight
Labor unions representing California nurses are attacking key parts of a bill that would overhaul the state’s system for investigating and disciplining health workers accused of misconduct.
Introducing Our State-by-State Guide to Dangerous Nurses
A look at which states provide online information on nurses' licenses and discipline.
Schwarzenegger’s Budget Calls for Increased Policing of Health Care Workers
Despite cuts across the state government, the California governor requests money to add 107 people to the staff investigating health professionals.
Inept Nurses Free to Work in New Locales
States fail to effectively tell one another about sanctions, so disciplined nurses often go work elsewhere without restrictions.
Dozens of Criminal Registered Nurses Identified by California Regulators
Fingerprint checks of thousands of California nurses not previously subject to background checks have turned up dozens of convictions of crimes ranging from petty theft to murder.
Calif. Registered Nursing Board Follows Up on Our Nurses Stories
The California Board of Registered Nursing has taken actions against nurses featured in a series of stories by ProPublica and the Los Angeles Times.
A ‘Crazy’ Way for an Industry to Operate
There's no simple way for a hospital or temp agency to find out if a nurse it might hire has caused problems elsewhere in the United States.
Temp Firms a Magnet for Unfit Nurses
Emboldened by a chronic nursing shortage and scant regulation, temp nursing firms vie for their share of a free-wheeling, $4-billion industry. Some have become havens for nurses who hopscotch from place to place to avoid the consequences of their misconduct.
California Adopts Stricter Rules for Drug Abusers in the Health Industry
California will require health workers who have abused drugs and are in state-run recovery programs to take at least 104 drug tests in their first year.
Reform of California Nursing Board’s Discipline System Shows Early Progress
After moving swiftly to replace the leadership of the Board of Registered Nursing, California officials are revamping practices that had allowed errant nurses to work for years after complaints were filed against them.
Schwarzenegger Wants Sweeping Reforms in Discipline System for Health Care Providers
The California governor says the process for policing health professionals is broken, but some of the problems have worsened on his watch.
California Will Require Criminal Background Checks Before Granting Temporary Licenses to Nurses
The state's nursing board, tightening its rules, will apply the same standard to short-term licenses that is already in place for permanent ones.
