After the nurse-patient relationship has been terminated...

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Is a nursing license still at risk if a nurse has a personal relationship with a patient after their professional relationship has been terminated?

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Specializes in Family Nurse Practitioner.

It is something I would avoid.

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Specializes in Medical.

I'd proceed with extreme caution, if it all.

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I would define relationship. If it's more of an acquaintance relationship, I don't see how chatting with someone every now and then would be a big deal.

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Specializes in home health, dialysis, others.

There are many stories of nurses marrying former patients, or spouses of deceased patients.

But proceed with much caution. This has little to do with your license, more to do with your personal well-being.

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Specializes in LTC.

Depends on the type of "personal relationship" I'd think...course I think intimate relations when I hear personal relationship.

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Specializes in Geriatrics and Quality Improvement,.

be mindful of why this person wants to carry on a relationship..

do they want your continued medical opinion?

are they latching on to you as a remnant of their relationship with whomever was ill?

is it genuine interest in things you found are common between the two of you?

tread with caution.

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Specializes in MICU, neuro, orthotrauma.

Check your state's issuance on this.

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SitcomNurse makes good points.

You can't always assume a request for friendship or relationship is pure at heart. I learned this when I met my biological father last year!:crying2::banghead::sniff:

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