DC BON requiring agencies and hospitals to report firings for practice issues

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

see dc nurse dc nurse - volume 1, number 1 nov 2007

http://newsroom.dc.gov/list.aspx/agency/hpla/section/31/year/2007/month/11

practice or behavioral issues of concern

to the board are those issues that can

impact the safety and welfare of patients.

issues of clinical incompetence, patient

abuse, substance abuse and diversion and

performance of acts outside of one’s legal

scope of practice are examples of practice

and behavioral concerns

[color=#009aff]nurse staffing agencies

new regulations for nurse staffing

agencies which operate in the district go

into effect on january 31, 2008. staffing

agencies will be required to inform

the board of nursing when an agency

nurse has been fired from a temporary

assignment for practice issues.

[color=#009aff]health care facilities

currently, d.c. regulations for hospitals

require that administrators inform us when

a nurse is dismissed for practice

issues. many administrators are unaware

of this requirement and therefore, this

information is often not provided to the

public or the board of nursing. this lack of

information and inactivity does not serve

the best interest of the citizens of the

district of columbia