Who Is In Trouble Now?

You just received your Nursing Board newsletter, now it is time to quickly flip to the back and see who got in trouble. I know you do it, but please take a minute to realize how those nurses came to be in the newsletter. Most nurses just made a mistake. It is hard to practice nursing today without violating some aspect of the Nursing Practice Act or rules and regulations. Sometimes the nurse was overworked, maybe it was due to politics at the workplace, maybe the nurse did not know the correct law, maybe the nurse was relying on a physician order or an administrator's directive. There are some nurses that have issues that affect their competency or their ability to safely practice nursing, but the majority just made a mistake or overextended themselves.

As you look at those names, say a little prayer that it is not your name there because if you take the time, you will see all the little mistakes you made that were also violations of law, rules or regulations. So, do not shun your co-workers if their names are in the newsletter. Nursing is hard enough without nurses not being able to rely upon one another.