What’s A Public Reprimand and Why You Should Want One

What’s A Public Reprimand and Why You Should Want One A Public Reprimand conjures images of tar and feathering or schoolyard nightmares where everyone is pointing and laughing at you as you walk down the hall with toilet paper stuck to your shoe, but they are actually far more civil than that. If you’ve had …

BRN Accelerated License Suspension

What process is required before the BRN can suspend a license before engaging in an investigation? Answer: Issuance of an Interim Order: When and How the BRN can accelerate the procedure for restriction of a nurse’s license. According to Section 494 of the Business and Professions code, the Board of Registered Nurses has the authority …

My Nursing License Is Being Investigated by the BRN

What Can I Expect? What is the Process? I am asked this question multiple times a day; mostly  from Registered Nurses who are in various phases of the investigation process with the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). The following is what one should expect if my Nursing License is Being Investigated from start to finish: The …

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 …

Your Money or Your RN License?

Your Money or Your RN License?   California has been slashing budgets- laying off teachers and police officers.  But the Board of Registered Nursing, a California State agency, has actually hired staff over the last few years.  How can the BRN increase their budget and staff while everyone else in the State has to cut …