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How to Prepare to Defend Your Nursing License
Cassandra Stone
Anyone who is getting ready to mount a nursing license defense needs to know how to prepare for the process. Here are four issues a nursing license defense attorney will want you to address before you get rolling with a case.
Documentation
While all of that paperwork you fill out every day may seem like a pain, the day you present your nursing license defense will be different. That's the day that all of the paperwork hopefully pays off.
Suppose a patient had alleged that you had failed to take insufficient action at a time when it was needed. For example, you might face the loss of your license for not administering a drug. A nursing license defense attorney will want to document who did or didn't approve the use of the drug, when that decision was made, and why. The goal is to demonstrate that, as a nurse, you were acting with the best knowledge at the time of the incident.
Fortunately, medical organizations are usually relentless in maintaining these kinds of records. Your nursing license defense attorney can help you make document requests and identify paperwork that explains what happened.
Retention of Digital Messages
Every email, social media private message, and text can speak to a host of issues. In addition to providing further documentation of exchanges, they also can assign times to particular conversations.
Even if you're worried that one casts you in a negative light, retention is critical. If a negative message disappears, it may lead to an adverse inference. That means that in the absence of evidence, the folks evaluating the situation will infer the absolute worst interpretation of what the informational gap means.
Names
As soon as you get even a hint that you might have to defend your nursing license, starting making contemporaneous notes about who was present at the time of the alleged incidents. These people are invaluable as potential witnesses, and they may be able to speak to gaps in the record. Someone accused of on-the-job misconduct, for example, may be able to enter testimony from others into the record about what the defendant was doing and when.
Times and Dates
It is just as important to make contemporaneous notes about the times and dates of any potential issues that might come up during the nursing license defense. Get these notes down as soon as you're worried you may need to defend your license. Even good memories get fuzzy, and your notes will help you.
If you need help, reach out to a law firm, such as Spiga & Associates
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