Why The BRN’s Diversion Program Doesn’t Work

A Year Later: Why BRN Diversion Program Doesn’t Work A few days ago I took a call from “Sarah,” a RN who was fed up with the irrational demands of California’s Nursing Diversion Program. She wanted out. Four days prior, I spoke with “Lucy,” a RN who was considering BRN Diversion Program because she didn’t want to have her license revoked. So What …

October News: The Diversion Issue

NEWS ProPublica Discusses The BRN’s Diversion Program ProPublica is the public watchdog group that incited public outcry last year with their piece on the Board of Registered Nursing: Loose Reins on Nurses in the Drug Abuse Program by Tracy Weber and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica: Nov, 2009. Diversion, embraced in various forms by many regulators, is intended to protect both …

Skeleton in your Closet?

No Statute of Limitations on RN DUIs… or anything else for that matter There are some skeletons hanging beside scrubs in closets around California. And the BRN doesn’t care how old they are. I just took a call this morning from an RN with a DUI from 2 years ago; it is only now coming …