Discipline Decisions

AARN Member

Registration number: 44,996

The Professional Conduct Committee made a finding of unskilled practice and professional misconduct against J.L. member #44,996 who failed to perform adequate physical assessments on a postpartum patient; failed to follow employer's protocols for care of mom and babe as a dyad; failed to properly perform, communicate or chart the results of a non-stress test on an antepartum patient; documented a fabricated blood pressure; requested that another staff member not report one error. The Professional Conduct Committee gave the member a reprimand; prohibited her from working as an RN until she has taken and provided proof that she has passed the entire Nursing Refresher Program; required her to write a paper on nursing ethics and pay a fine of $500 for falsifying the patient record. This was the second time this member has been sanctioned by the Professional Conduct Committee.

AARN Member

The Professional Conduct Committee made a finding of professional misconduct against a temporary permit holder for misrepresenting his professional designation in his charting on several occasions as 'RN' rather than 'GN'. The Committee issued a reprimand.

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