As a nurse, you have a unique position of trust and responsibility when it comes to caring for patients. That’s why it’s essential to be mindful of the way you use social media, especially during vacations like spring break when you have more free time to spend on social media and are feeling more …
At RN Guardian, we have a team of legal professionals who are 100% dedicated to defending California Registered Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses by helping them protect their licenses entirely. Our attorneys have expertise in the DUI process, navigating the BRN investigations, criminal defense, and other licensing issues. Our attorneys help prepare our clients for …
California Licensed Vocational Nurses with a DUI Should Call RN Guardian First! A Driving Under the Influence (DUI) arrest is traumatic enough for the average driver but for California Licensed Vocational Nurses, it is especially devastating. The $3500.00 fines can quadruple once the BVNPT discovers it. Your nursing license can be revoked. Your entire career …
With the new Board of Vocational Nursing & Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT) requirements for LVNs to re-submit Live Scan fingerprints, many nurses are realizing there is a hidden skeleton in their closet: an undisclosed DUI they thought couldn’t affect their career. They are now looking for answers about how to disclose the DUI and save their …
Two LVNs recently contacted me when it was too late to help them and they have either had, or are going to have, their LVN license revoked because they employed the worst legal defense strategy ever. I get it… BVNPT action is scary, so the ostrich defense of burying your head in the sand and …
Can I get hired as a LVN with a DUI? Short answer: Of course! Long Answer: probably, but it will not be the most desirable job, it will depend on what the BVNPT has done to your LVN license and whether that is public record and whether you have to disclose it to the employer- …
An Accusation from the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT) is an attempt to revoke a LVN license and is usually the last step in an accusation of Gross Negligence. They do not just pop up out of nowhere and there will be many indicators before the Accusation from the BVNPT is eventually …
Drug Diversion If you have, or are suspected of diverting medication from your employer, “Drug Diversion” can mean 2 separate things. The first is following a criminal investigation and prosecution, you are offered Drug Diversion from the courts or what is known as a deferred judgment (CA Penal Code 1000). A deferred judgment means that …
1.Q: I am an LVN who just got arrested for a DUI, what should I do to best protect my CA RN license? A: You should hire an attorney to represent you at the criminal level for the DUI. The attorney needs to understand how this DUI is going to impact your vocational nursing license. …
