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Why We’re Giving Away Our Reporting Recipe

Over the past two years, ProPublica reporters Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber have done a remarkable job of examining how states o … more…

Feds Reassign Heads of Troubled Caregivers Database

Federal officials have removed the management team overseeing a national database of dangerous or incompetent caregivers after questi … more…

Introducing Our State-by-State Guide to Dangerous Nurses

Our ongoing investigation of gaps in the federal government’s database of sanctioned caregivers has turned up additional problems. … more…

Dangerous Caregivers Missing From Federal Database

This story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times.

More than two decades ago, Congress set out to stop dangerous or incompete … more…

Schwarzenegger’s Budget Calls for Increased Policing of Health Care Workers

A version of this story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Friday for 107 ne … more…

Inept Nurses Free to Work in New Locales

This story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times.

The frantic knocking of home health nurse Orphia Wilson startled the boy's … more…

Dozens of Criminal Registered Nurses Identified by California Regulators

This story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times.

Dozens of registered nurses who have been convicted of serious crimes inclu … more…

Calif. Registered Nursing Board Follows Up on Our Nurses Stories

The California Board of Registered Nursing has taken the following actions against nurses featured in a series of stories by ProPubli … more…

A ‘Crazy’ Way for an Industry to Operate

When a hospital or temporary agency wants to hire a nurse, there's no easy way to check whether the person has run afoul of regulator … more…

Temp Firms a Magnet for Unfit Nurses

This story was co-published with the Los Angeles Times on Dec. 6, 2009.

Firms that supply temporary nurses to the nation's hospit … more…

California Adopts Stricter Rules for Drug Abusers in the Health Industry

In a major shift, California will impose tough new standards (PDF) on drug-abusing health professionals, strictly scrutinizing those … more…

Reform of California Nursing Board’s Discipline System Shows Early Progress

This story was published in the Los Angeles Times.

After moving swiftly to replace the leadership of the Board of Registered Nursi … more…

Schwarzenegger Wants Sweeping Reforms in Discipline System for Health Care Providers

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday conceded that long-standing delays in disciplining errant health professionals were "absolu … more…

California Will Require Criminal Background Checks Before Granting Temporary Licenses to Nurses

The California Board of Registered Nursing will no longer issue temporary licenses to nurses until the agency receives the results of … more…

State Board Seeks Swifter Action Against Errant Nurses

Managers of the California Board of Registered Nursing are seeking permission to more than triple the size of their enforcement staff … more…

Loose Reins on Nurses in Drug Abuse Program

The morning of her second day at Starpoint Surgery Center in Studio City, nurse Melony Currier was found in the parking lot, passe … more…

After Nurses Investigation, Scrutiny Turns to Other Calif. Health Boards

Earlier this month, ProPublica and the Los Angeles Times published an investigation detailing the failure of the California Board of … more…

ProPublica Staffers Discuss Their Latest Projects

Earlier today Tracy Weber appeared on KQED’s Forum to discuss her (and co-reporter Charlie Ornstein's) investigation this week with t … more…

More Nurses Fallout: Head of Investigations Unit Resigns

The head of investigations for California’s Department of Consumer Affairs has resigned, continuing the fallout from our investigati … more…

Search Our Nurses Database by County

As part of our continuing investigation into the lax oversight of California nurses, we created a searchable database of the more tha … more…