NURSES: if a nurse is abusing prescription meds, can she loose her nursing licen!
Question: NURSES: if a nurse is abusing prescription meds, can she loose her nursing license?
Answers:
Words of wisdom?
Have a chat with her and suggest she seeks help. if she chooses not to take your advice do nothing, sit back and watch her dig her own grave.
She could if it is an ongoing issue that the hospital has tried to help her overcome, especially if she is stealing the meds. However, drug addiction is now considered to be a disability and the hospital has to offer her opportunities to get help for her addiction before they can fire her.
revocation of her license if caught, if taking them from a facility or patient jail time is going to be worst than losing her license
agreed with above, they have to offer rehab first before taking the license in most states
NURSES: if a nurse is abusing prescription meds, can she loose her nursing license?
Yes she could
The nursing bodies have been known to hold their members to a higher standard than doctors