A Sad Day For Nursing In California
A Sad Day For Nursing In California This post will be a little different than my others. I’m not going to offer any great advice or offer any tips. Today, I just need to say that I am saddened and dismayed by the Board of Registered Nursing process and the decisions that they make regarding …
Registered Nurse Receives a Citation and Fine From BRN For a DUI Conviction with a .13% BAC
DUI Conviction Registered Nurse Receives a Citation and Fine From BRN For a DUI Conviction with a .13% BAC If this is the first article that you’ve come across regarding a Citation and Fine for a DUI conviction from the CA Board of Registered Nursing, you may not understand the magnitude of this article. However, …
How Can the BRN Deny a Student RN a License Based on a Prior DUI?
How Can the BRN Deny a Student RN a License Based on a Prior DUI? While the majority of the calls RN Guardian receives are from nurses who have been arrested or convicted of a DUI, we also receive a high volume of calls from student nurses concerned about how a DUI will impact their …
A firefighter, a nurse and a lawyer walk into a bar…
A nurse, a firefighter and a lawyer walk into a bar… what, you haven’t heard this one? That’s because it isn’t really a joke. If a Firefighter and a Nurse + DUI happens, they may lose their careers if they don’t have the right lawyer defending them. When the majority of the population gets arrested for …
What RN License Discipline Can I Expect For A DUI?
What RN License Discipline Can I Expect For A DUI? Nurse Client BRN Accusation Attorney Method of Defense BRN Result Donna, RN Misdemeanor DUI conviction on Rx Client chose to go to hearing 3 years probation Rule-Out Provision Melissa, RN Use of Schedule 3 Rx at work Stipulated Settlement 3 years probation with Rule-out provision …
What Will Happen to My RN License if I Have a DUI in California?
What Will Happen to My RN License if I Have a DUI in California? How Does The California Board of Registered Nursing Get Away with License Revocation for conviction of DUI in California? THE REASONING: “In keeping with its obligation to protect the consumer of nursing services from the unsafe, incompetent and/or negligent registered nurse, …
Low Flat Fees for RN License Accusations for California Nurses with DUI’s
RN Guardian’s License Defense Program is receiving an average of 5 calls per week from nurses who have received an Accusation from the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) because of a Driving Under the Influence (DUI) conviction. That means the Board is cracking down even harder and filing more of them. If you are a …
Current Trends with the BRN and Hope for Nurses Applying for or Renewing RN Licenses
Hope for Nurses Applying For or Renewing RN Licenses Six years ago, the Board of Registered Nursing and the Board of Licensed Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians were happily stamping APPROVED on license applications and renewals coming across their desk for non-work related issues, like DUIs. Those glory days are over my friends. New RN …
I’m a Student Nurse with a DUI and the BRN Won’t Let Me Get My License
I’m a Student Nurse with a DUI and the BRN Won’t Let Me Get My License There is a trend among student RN’s in California, and it isn’t the color of their scrubs. Student Nurses with DUI’s are finding that they may just have gone through nursing school for nothing. They are completing their courses …