License Losers: Predicting Flaws

Following are partial results on license actions from one regulatory body for the first quarter of 2004

Nurses (RNs and LPNs):

The regulatory body listed 16 RNs and LPNs who were put on probation or reprimanded, and for which the type of case was indicated. Of these 16:

• 13 were related to substance abuse/drug/alcohol;

• 2 were related to incompetence/negligence;

• 1 was for unlicensed practice.

Nurse Aides:

The regulatory body listed seven Nurse Aides who had adverse notes put on their records:

• 5 were for patient neglect;

• 2 were for patient abuse.

MDs:

The regulatory body listed seven MDs who were put on probation or reprimanded, and for which the type of case was indicated:

• 3 were related to incompetence/negligence;

• 2 were for mental illness/emotional disorders;

• 1 was for violation of probation;

• 1 was for (unspecified) illegal conduct.

Following are partial results on license actions from the same regulatory body for the second quarter of 2004

Nurses (RNs and LPNs):

The regulatory body listed 29 RNs and LPNs who were put on probation or reprimanded, and for which the type of case was indicated. Of these 29:

• 23 were related to substance abuse/drug/alcohol;

• 5 were related to incompetence/negligence;

• 1 was for violation of probation – related to former substance abuse/drug/alcohol issues.

Nurse Aides:

The regulatory body listed five Nurse Aides who had adverse notes put on their records:

• 4 were for patient neglect;

• 1 was for patient abuse.

Dentists:

The regulatory body listed four dentists who were put on probation or reprimanded, and for which the type of case was indicated:

• 3 were related to incompetence/negligence;

• 1 was for business practices.

MDs:

The regulatory body listed eight MDs who were put on probation, reprimanded, or dismissed, and for which the type of case was indicated:

• 4 were related to incompetence/negligence;

• 1 was related to substance abuse/drug/alcohol;

• 1 was for failure to meet standard of care (I'd consider this incompetence/negligence, myself);

• 1 was for unsanitary conditions;

• 1 was for fraud/deceit.

Conclusion

So one can conclude that, in this jurisdiction, nurses are more likely to be addicts, aides to be neglectful, and doctors and dentists to be incompetent/negligent.

Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.

– John Adams (1735–1826), Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials, December 1770

License Losers: Predicting Flaws

Following are partial results on license actions from one regulatory body for the first quarter of 2004

Following are partial results on license actions from the same regulatory body for the second quarter of 2004

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