Articles Tagged With 'Nurses'
States Fail to Report Disciplined Caregivers to Federal Database
Hundreds of state agencies have failed to tell the federal government about health professionals they disciplined, ProPublica has found.
Troubled Nurses Skip from State to State Under Compact
A 24-state compact created to help get nurses to areas where they are needed most has provided cover to nurses with a record of misconduct.
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.
Feds Reassign Heads of Troubled Caregivers Database
An oversight change follows revelations that a repository on dangerous health care providers is missing many records.
Introducing Our State-by-State Guide to Dangerous Nurses
A look at which states provide online information on nurses' licenses and discipline.
Dangerous Caregivers Missing From Federal Database
Records from many serious cases are absent from a database designed to let hospitals check on problem health care providers.
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.
