MORE ON: Board of Registered Nursing

Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Nurses accused of deception over Orange County school

May 18, 2012, 12:05 AM
The state nursing board is accusing five nurses of fraud and seeking to revoke their licenses for operating a school in Orange County and the Philippines that purported to prepare students to be registered nurses in California. While students of Nightingale International California were led to... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Disbanding of nursing board raises questions about public protection

January 25, 2012, 12:05 AM
The state Board of Registered Nursing ceased to exist this year due to an October veto by Gov. Jerry Brown, and now stark disagreement is emerging over whether the public is adequately protected from nurses who need drug treatment or limits on their practice or to be stopped altogether. Brown... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

Medical oversight fines often go unpaid

August 15, 2011, 12:05 AM
California dental regulators have collected only about 20 percent of the fines they have levied against dentists in the last four years, a far weaker record than licensing authorities that oversee registered and vocational nurses and psychiatric technicians. That record,... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare

How snake oil entered the curriculum for California nurses

October 14, 2010, 12:08 AM
A group in Los Angeles launched a campaign to embarrass the Board of Registered Nursing for approving continuing education classes that teach the art of moving furniture, the practice of seeing connections in meaningless data and, of course, the use of Chinese Shyu, or snake oil. I wrote a few... + read more
Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Higher Ed

Two state bodies gave stamp of approval to 'phony' nursing school

September 14, 2010, 12:05 AM
RN Learning Center was a “phony nursing school” that was “ripping off people who … wanted to improve their lives,” said Brian Stiger, Department of Consumer Affairs director, in a strongly worded statement. Last month, Attorney General Jerry Brown’s... + read more
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