VA: State changes name-tag policy for nurses
Date published: Mon, 07/22/2002
The Associated Press
WFLS News
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2002/072002/07222002/1027344324
(Richmond-AP) -- The state wants nurses to wear name tags with
their first and last names. Some hospitals have allowed nurses in certain departments - usually psychiatric units or emergency rooms - to go without last names on their badges, out of concern that nurses could be stalked.
The Virginia Board of Nursing voted last week to require both first and last names, along with the appropriate licensing designation.
One board member said patients want to know who is taking care of them. But Susan Ward, vice president and general counsel for the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, said there are concerns that the change could put some nurses at risk.
The rule change is not final until a 60-day public comment
period is completed.
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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See info in SBON newletter, pg. 4 re Board of Nursing Regulation 18VAC 90-20-35.
http://www.dhp.state.va.us/nursing/newsletters/Spring2002.pdf
Registered at the Town Hall section of VA to email concerns re this legislation.
The Virginia Department of Planning & Budget has designed a Regulatory Town Hall for anyone interested in the proposal of regulations or meetings of regulatory boards. http://www.townhall.state.va.us/
VA Board of Nursing
6606 West Broad St., 4th Fl.
Richmond, VA 23230-1717
Phone: (804) 662-9909
Fax: (804) 662-9512
Complaints: (800) 533-1560
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