Could I get into trouble for this?

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I've been a RN for around 8 years now. Unrelated to my job, got into an argument with someone on Facebook on a religious group... the guy was acting like a psycho (he says Calvinists are of Satan) and I told him "As a Registered Nurse I believe you need antipsychotic medication". Now, he figured out the state I live in and says he is going to contact the State Board and file a complaint by stating I was trying to diagnose him and tell him to take a specific medication type. He also said that he is going to search the internet and see if I posted anything to anyone else like this to show them. I told him I'm not a Doctor and can't prescribe it, that he would have to ask His Doctor about it.

Now, I work as a homecare nurse and talk to patients all of the time about medications, and suggest to them medications they could try but that they would need to obviously talk to their Doctor or NP or PA first to have them prescribe it.... do you guys think I would get into trouble for the above crazy person?

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I guess it just depends on how the board sees it. I would certainly make all of your social media private. 

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Yikes! IDK, hopefully he's bluffing.  Just make sure you say it was not intended to diagnose this person.

As a nurse I don't usually go around in my regular life talking about medications or diagnoses to people for just this reason.  We live in a malpractice-driven society.

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Specializes in Psychiatry, Community, Nurse Manager, hospice.

I doubt very much you would be disciplined by the board for this. But it's better not to engage with people online in this way.

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